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

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

CHALLENGES MADE BY AGEING CLIENTS

• Events in life that are associated with aging
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Relapse and onset of addiction
• Complex grief
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Disordered thinking
• Unresolved traumas, regrets, mistakes
• Case examples
• Group discussion

THEORETICAL FRAMES AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE MODELS

• Historiography and background of the life stage development theory
• Therapy of support
• Client-Centred therapy
• Interpersonal therapy
• Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
• Relaxation and stress relief
• Holistic modalities
• Experiential therapies

INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCES – INTEGRATIVETECHNIQUES

• Explaining “integrating” And “transcending”
• Self-use “witness” And “guide”
  • Clients of older age to Share their stories
  • Witnessing the story, validating the life experience
  • Guidance for clients to Focus, understanding meaning and moving toward acceptance are key to staying focused and achieving your goals.
• Client-Philosophy of the center
• Self-respect is a virtue-Disclosure
• Superior interpersonal skills
  • Empathic communication
  • Reflection
  • Focusing
  • Summarizing and reframing
  • Validating and normalizing
• Case studies and demonstration

GROUP ACTIVITY – ROLE PLAY and PRACTICE BEING A WITNESS

TEACHING CONCEPTS & SKILLS

• “The New Normal”
• Recognizing and accessing resources
• Communicate with your loved ones
• Challenging self-Beating your negative thoughts and becoming a positive person-Talk (REBT).
• Self-care

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

• Guided imagery
• Psychodrama
• Inner child work
• Journaling
• Music
• Art

Would you like to Send an email Susan Holmen – Counseling Strategies to Overcome Psychological Distress in Older Clients ?

Description:

To order to Finding peace, joy, meaning and acceptance is key to a person’s ability to accept the past. in The past and the present. Find a way. to All of these elements should be integrated into the fabric and character of experience. Your older clients will benefit from this vital growth process: it involves transcending current changes as well as past traumas, disappointments, and regrets. These are the key to your clients’ growth. “life stage” Issues are identified in As the population ages, counseling becomes more common.

This seminar will give you ideas about how to make it happen. to Use the skills that you already possess to Effective methods can be taught or reinforced to You can cope with the “new normal” to older clients. It will also tell you how to serve older clients. to Be a “witness” to The story and a “guide” That can be of great assistance to the individual to You can explore your/his life and experience. This will provide a dynamic and viable way to explore depression, anxiety, relapse, addictions or onset, complex grief, obsessive behaviors, and other issues.-Compulsive disorder, Distorted Thinking, and Other Mental Disorders.

This seminar blends traditional and alternate therapies. It will better prepare you to Serve older adults who are cognitively capable to Therapy is for people who are looking for help with subjective distress and have a need to be helped. to Find out how to feel better.