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Counseling Strategies to Overcome Psychological Distress in Older Clients from Susan Holmen

Faculty:Susan Holmen

Duration:5 Hours 56 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

Archive : Counseling Strategies to Overcome Psychological Distress in Older Clients

Outline:

TROUBLESHOOTING FOR AGING CLIENTS

occurrences in life that are related to aging
Depression
Anxiety
Addiction onset or relapse
intricate grief
Disorder of compulsive behavior
erratic thinking
Unmet traumas, regrets, and errors
Case studies
group conversation

THEORY FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICE MODELS BASED ON EVIDENCE

Background information on life stage developmental theory
supporting treatment
Customer-centered treatment
interpersonal counseling
Behavioral-Cognitive treatment
calming down and reducing stress
holistic techniques
experimental treatments

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR OVERCOMING EXPERIENCES

Why “integrating” and “transcending” are important
self-serving “witness” and “guide” actions
letting consumers who are elderly speak their stories
Seeing the narrative and confirming the personal experience
assisting clients in maintaining concentration, comprehending meaning, moving toward acceptance, and setting and achieving attainable goals
client-focused mentality
Self-disclosure in a proper manner Proficient interpersonal abilities
empathy in conversation
Reflection
Focusing
Rephrasing and reiterating
Validating and normalizing
Case studies and examples

GROUP ACTIVITY: ROLE PLAY AND WITNESS PRACTICE

TEACHING SKILLS AND CONCEPTS

In “The New Normal,”
locating and using resources
Having conversations with loved ones
overcoming negative ideas and developing positive self-talk (REBT)

OPTIONAL THERAPIES

directed imagery
Psychodrama
Child within work
Journaling Music Art

Description:

A person must learn to embrace what has happened in the past and what is occurring now, both good and negative, and find a way to integrate all of these things into the fabric of experience and personality in order to achieve peace, joy, and significance. For your older adult clients in particular, transcending present changes as well as unsolved traumas, disappointments, and regrets is a crucial process of progress. As the population ages, these “life stage” difficulties are increasingly frequently observed in therapy settings.

This program offers suggestions on how to make use of your existing abilities to help older clients learn or practice good coping mechanisms for the “new normal.” Additionally, it will teach you how to act as a “witness” to the narrative and a “guide” who may help the subject examine her or his life and experiences. It will present a workable, dynamic approach for investigating mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, addiction relapse or start, complicated mourning, obsessive-compulsive disorder, distorted thinking, and others.

The course better prepares you to work with older adult clients who are still intellectually able to benefit from therapy, are looking for assistance with subjective discomfort, and want to learn how to feel better by combining standard and alternative therapies.

Salepage : Counseling Strategies to Overcome Psychological Distress in Older Clients from Susan Holmen