October, 2016

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“Go back to your country!”

Jaeran Kim

[Photo credit: Trisha Arora. This image is from the Asian American Student series, “So where are you really from?” The goal is to challenge the stereotype of the “perpetual foreigner” that impacts Asian/Asian Americans in the United States.]. A couple of days ago, I read the NYT article, “ An Open Letter to the Woman Who Told My Family to Go Back To China ” by Michael Luo.

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067 -Anger Management Part 1

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Learn why you get angry, the benefits and consequences of getting angry and how to start making a change to let go some of the unnecessary upset. Learn why you get angry, the benefits and consequences of getting angry and how to start making a change to let go some of the unnecessary upset.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

This blog piece by Dr. Douglas Samuel from Purdue University discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. . It is well-established that the approaches to diagnosis differ substantially between clinical practice and research settings. Whereas the typical research study collects data using either a semi-structured interview administered by a research assistant or a self-report questionnaire completed by the client, the norm within real-world practice settings is to

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066 -Emotion Efficacy Therapy

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Emotion Efficacy Therapy is a manualized, 8-week treatment protocol based on research of three foundational ideas for its treatment structure and content ~ A transdiagnostic approach is the most effective way to treat clients with emotion problems ~ Transemotional learning, which involves all four components of emotion, is essential to learning ~ New learning is enhanced in an activated state Emotion Efficacy Therapy is a manualized, 8-week treatment protocol based on research of three foundatio

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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065 -Compassion Focused Therapy

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Many clients are very skilled at cognitive behavioral therapy, but are still overcome with anger, anxiety or depression. Many of these clients are highly self-critical and guilt-laden. Compassion Focused Therapy explores the reasons clients may be unable to self-soothe and/or be self-compassionate, and provides tools to help clients overcome their fears of contentment, abandonment and compassion.

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064 -Adjunct Therapies: Aromatherapy, Meditation, Guided Imagery

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Aromatherapy, Meditation and Guided Imagery can all be used to address stress, anxiety, depression, anger, sleep problems and addictive behaviors. Aromatherapy, Meditation and Guided Imagery can all be used to address stress, anxiety, depression, anger, sleep problems and addictive behaviors.

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062 -Mindfulness and Relaxation for the Family

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Mindfulness and Relaxation For the Family Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at [link] Objectives ~ Review the function of mindfulness and a variety of mindfulness techniques ~ Explore the concept of relaxation ~ Identify different methods of relaxation […] Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Mindfulness and Relaxation For the Family Presented by: Dr.

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060 -Behavior Modification Part 3 Shaping and Chaining

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Shaping means gradually altering someone's behavior by rewarding incremental changes, for example walking to jogging to running. Chaining means examining the behaviors, stimuli, reinforces and punishments leading up to a behavior. Backwards chaining means examining behaviors in revers to see how the person got here. It can be helpful in identifying triggers for upset, as well as interventions or behaviors the person currently uses to avoid the upset.

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061 – Hardiness and Resilience

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Hardiness and Resilience Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at [link] Objectives ~ Define resilience ~ Identify characteristics that make people more resilient and ways we can enhance those characteristics ~ Define Hardiness ~ Examine what hardiness is important […] Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Hardiness and Resilience Presented by: Dr.

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059 -Behavior Modification Basics Part 2

Counselor Toolbox podcast

In Understanding Behavior Modification part 2 we examine how reinforcement and punishment can be used to motivate behavior, and as a tool in motivational interviewing. In Understanding Behavior Modification part 2 we examine how reinforcement and punishment can be used to motivate behavior, and as a tool in motivational interviewing.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Guest blog author Dr. Torrey Creed discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology focused on implementing trans diagnostic cognitive therapy in diverse community settings with the Beck Community Initiative. Decades of research have led to evidence-based practices (EBPs) for a wide range of behavioral health concerns and populations (e.g., Hofmann et al., 2012), but the practice of EBPs in community clinical settings has been slow to take hold (Chorpit

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