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1. The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development & Clinical Practice (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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2. Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, 3rd Edition (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)
Guilford Publications
3. Disabling Professions (Ideas in Progress)
- Disabling Professions collections of essays Ivan Illich
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14. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
16. The Heart & Soul of Change: Delivering What Works in Therapy
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I promise I'll give some specific recommendations at the end.
So, actually being able to do DBT and call it DBT is involved and fairly difficult. DBT folks (at least the bigwigs) are really big on treatment fidelity, which means faithfully reproducing what has been shown to work in their outcome research, which means a lot of resources. I'm not sure where you work and what resources you have available, but Linehan herself states that if you're not running skill groups in addition to individual therapy, along with having a treatment team for consultation, then you're not actually doing DBT. I've noticed that without all of these components present they prefer to call it "DBT-informed CBT." Just putting all of that out there for informational purposes.
That being said, you can most certainly integrate DBT concepts and techniques into your individual work, if that's what you do. It's just that there are a TON of specific skills and worksheets to choose from. It's a really involved therapy. There are many books available, but here are the ones that I've personally found useful in individual therapy and they seem to generally get favorable reviews:
DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition is straight from the source. Tons of information and reproducible handouts...almost overwhelming.
DBT Made Simple is a really good, simple (obviously) primer on basic DBT philosophies and techniques to get you started in individual work.
Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practical Guide is really good. More in-depth than the Made Simple book and really gives a solid understanding of what to do in session.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook is a solid DBT-based self-help workbook. I have recommended it to several clients and it's usually connected each time. It's a handy way for the client to think about concepts in-between sessions without it feeling like "homework" and it helps as a roadmap for therapy. Kind of acts as a little skill trainer in place of the group (I know, still not the same) since there's not enough time to focus on all of the skills in individual therapy alone. It actually works well for emotionally dysregulated clients in general, regardless of what the primary diagnosis is.
There's also a video of Marsha Linehan demonstrating DBT in session on psychotherapy.net that you may find useful. It offers CE credits as well.
In the recent past, I did a deep dive into audio recording as a hobby / avocation. (I actually made some money being a sound person for some indie movies). At one point, I probably had somewhere between $5K - $12K of audio equipment.
Here's what I learned:
You're in the range of $300 - $500, it sounds like. The Zoom H5 is $300. A pair of microphone and mixer is going to run you more. I'm not familiar with the Jabra 510, but it's $100 on Amazon. (I'd be skeptical of this based on your needs.) Unless you're prepared to spend significant amounts of money, I would really recommend:
Clients are going to speak too softly or too rapidly at times. That's life. Again, capturing pristine audio in the wild is very, very difficult. (Movies make it look easy, in part 'cause actors learn how to work with the mics for audio capture. If they just talked "normally", much of the dialog would be lost. And recording studios spend tens of thousands of dollars on acoustical treatments for their rooms. For a reason.)
Hopefully, your supervisor does not unreasonably expect perfection. When I've listened to recordings made by my supervisees, I don't expect perfect audio. I expect words to get lost sometimes. Again, that's life.
If you're bound and determined to spend money ....
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Again, bottom line: I recommend saving your money and use your smart phone. You can use the money you save for your student loans. And a smart phone is far, far less intrusive on the client's space than a dual microphone set-up with a mixer. (Which is sort of important, no?) And less of a distraction for you. With less things to go wrong.
I'll be curious to hear what you decide.
Good luck!
No problem and thank you for the compliment. Overall, I love experiential and psychodynamic theories but I try to approach any theory as a means to an end. Any clinician that becomes too dogmatic risks missing the point (that is, helping the client and not serving your own ends). I like playing between affect and behavior with clients and attachment theory is behind it all for me.
In any case, why don't you ask an easier question? Haha. There is so much material out there for each modality that I could recommend plenty.
Strengths-focused
Experiential
Attachment
Psychodynamic
Hope that helps! Feel free to PM me too. I wonder if /u/evilqueenoftherealm would have any suggestions too.
Hi -- I just came across your post.
You've gotten some good replies on here. To add to them, I'd just like to point out that many people who go into a psychology field for their master's degree have a different undergrad degree.
From what I understand, most schools will require you to get a certain score on either the GRE or the MAT, demonstrate that you have decent writing skills, and have a few people recommend you. Also, interviews are common. Typical interview questions often try to get a sense of your maturity, your motivations for wanting to be in the field, possibly some degree of cultural competency, and how well you can present as professional and articulate.
It sounds like you're on the right track to being an appealing candidate, especially signing up for the hotline. I'd recommend, if you haven't already, doing some reading about what the counseling process is like. This will help give you a better sense of what to expect and allow you to speak more fluently about the topic. There are a few good books on the topic to check out.
Also, if you're looking for a master's program with a more clinical focus, it might be a good idea to look at counseling programs as opposed to social work programs.
Best of luck!
It sounds like you are looking for a direction here.
This is a great thing to talk about with your clinical supervisor.
However, if you are willing to take a leap of faith: One thing I have found really helpful for high functioning clients is to take a leaf from positive psychotherapy -- (The book is basically a clinical manual. It's hard to find in libraries, though, unfortunately!) https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Psychotherapy-Clinician-Tayyab-Rashid/dp/0195325389/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=positive+psychotherapy&qid=1568808796&s=gateway&sr=8-1 I actually do a fair number of positive psychotherapy interventions with clients who are struggling a fair bit, as well, and they are usually received quite positively by folks with a pretty significant range of clinical presentations.
I've also found that some clients need to start somewhere more like this and then will move into a more process-oriented place later on.
Is this your first adolescent client? How did you get set up working with this client if you don't do family therapy...? kind of comes with the territory...Just a bit concerned, because these are typical issues that are to be expected working with this age group (the parent issues, need for family counseling sessions, the teen's response to you, not trusting you, etc.)
To start:
Hope your next sessions feels a bit more progressive for everyone :) Good luck!
The two modalities I use nowadays are ACT and AEDP:
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP): The Healing Power of Emotion by Diana Fosha, Daniel Siegel, and Marion Solomon: I seem to be recommending this one a lot on here recently. It's because I've really found AEDP to have transformed my psychotherapeutic practice and filled in the deficits of ACT's radical behaviorism. I've witnessed this approach radically change my patients for the better. I think Fosha and her colleagues are really onto something important and vital in their work that will be corroborated by the experience of many relationally-focused therapists. This attachment-based approach is especially useful for people with long-standing psychological issues, particularly those who have a history of abuse, trauma, neglect, or social alienation.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change (Second Edition) by Steven C. Hayes, Kelly Wilson, and Kirk Strosahl: ACT has been the overarching therapy I "present" to my patients for many years. Although, my sessions nowadays look much more like dynamic therapy towards the middle, ACT is where I begin therapy with a patient and ultimately where I "arrive" with my patients after doing some depth work. Put another way, ACT helps me conceptualize the ultimate goal of therapy (to help the patient live a valued life), followed by AEDP-type work if I find they need it, then ultimately back to ACT for behavior change. Hayes is brilliant and I think ACT offer a life-affirming and rich take on behavior therapy. This book is probably the most detailed in the underlying philosophy that informs ACT.
Therapist here ... and as a therapist I list various specialties on my website ... but am very competent and capable in treating many conditions while using the appropriate treatment modalities. We can't "specialize" in everything. Your therapist might be great ... and just not list trauma as one of the many things he treats.
Specifically for trauma, EMDR, in my opinion, is the most effective trauma treatment, although there are may other good treatments. However, if you are just talking, you're not treating the trauma. This book may be helpful to you: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. I wish you well on your healing journey.
This isn't new. And certainly not always pathological. The concept / experience of time appears to be somewhat influenced by one's culture.
The ancient Greeks distinguished between chronos and kairos. I remember reading an essay about it in a Jungian book years ago (late 80's? early 90's? but I can't remember the book). My understanding is that other (non-Western) cultures also have different words for different experiences of time.
For myself, a therapy hour can seem like an eternity. Or it can pass by in what seems like 30 seconds. I regularly hear from clients "Our time is up already?" That's usually a sign to me that our work is on the right track.
I'd invite you to consider reading "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=flow&qid=1557590893&s=gateway&sr=8-3
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If memory serves, the author talks about the experience of time in this work as well.
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Good luck!
Hi there, chemical dependency is my area of specialization. Glad to share the field of battle with you. I'm extremely biased in that much of my work with clients is trauma-focused and attachment-based. These are the readings I recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Hungry-Ghosts-Encounters-Addiction/dp/155643880X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1538166177&sr=8-3&keywords=gabor+mate
https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Raised-Psychiatrists-Notebook-What/dp/0465094457/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1538166073&sr=8-1&keywords=boy+that+was+raised+as+a+dog
Day-by-day might look different compared to settings. However, the places that I've worked consistently involved doing biopsychosocials, basic case management, referrals to appropriate levels of care, group counseling, and individual counseling.
I typically utilize psychoeducation, basic relapse prevention strategies, leveraging community support, and fundamentally just work on creating a container in the therapy space where they can feel comfortable to unpack emotions in a safe relationship.
https://store.samhsa.gov/ has plenty of free clinician and client handbooks too.
Treatment planner: https://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Treatment-Planner-DSM-5-Updates/dp/1118414756/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1538166623&sr=8-2&keywords=addiction+planner
I'm a psychotherapist who has zero training in DBT and who will soon be starting a job at a residential program for teens where DBT is one of the primary treatment modalities. I'll obviously be trained when I get there, but in the meantime I'd like to get as up-to-date as I can so that I don't have to start from scratch.
So, I'd like to buy some books. Specifically, I want books that focus on the practice and theory of DBT, so obviously not self-help books aimed at clients. I've found a few so far and I'll link them below (I'm happy to buy any or all of these books, and obviously any others that people recommend):
Thanks!
Recommending the second edition of The Heart & Soul of Change which takes a look at the common factors which seem to underlie therapeutic change and growth. I'm still in the process of reading but it's already changed my perspective on what's most important in our work. Some of the common factors they identify as important and universal to successful psychotherapy are the therapeutic-alliance/relationship, the therapist's continual elicitation of client feedback, and the therapist's genuineness - their argument is intuitive to me and they are sure to sight research backing their claims.
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In terms of who I find influential, my first thoughts are of Carl Rogers and Karen Horney!
One of my professors insists that "All learning occurs in relationships," and that this is especially true for kids. During my first practicum, I started a play therapy program for children who had anxiety symptoms. I found this book to be really helpful.
Imaginary play can be really helpful for the 5-12 age group.
EDIT: I think this video is one of the first ones we were shown during that course. It's kind of like staying one step behind the child, letting them lead the way, instead of guiding them. You're narrating their story and allowing them to naturally play out what's in their head without too much adult interference. They're told what to do basically all the time and then during session with you they can show you some of what's going on.
Have a look at positive psychotherapy:
Clinicians Manual
Learned Optimism
VIA Character strengths
That should be a good start.
I would suggest picking up Gary Landreth's book on play therapy. It is amazing and some amazing things can happen with the use of play therapy.
https://www.amazon.com/Play-Therapy-Relationship-Garry-Landreth/dp/0415886813
I have a copy of Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition: Helping People Change (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) and would recommend it as a first read. Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems, Second Edition (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) is also pretty good. Also, as a person-centred psychotherapist, I'm bound to recommend 'Client-centered Therapy' by Carl Rogers. His non-directive, phenomenological approach to therapy was a supposedly a key influence behind MI.
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I've found this small and easy digital recorder handy, and you can password-protect: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KBWN8L1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Best wishes!
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by Miller and Rollnick. Motivational interviewing is relevant to pretty much any sort of problem, and is pretty much the only effective way to engage a client who comes to therapy under duress.
If that is what the user means I would **Highly*** suggest reading The heart and soul of change https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Soul-Change-Delivering-Therapy/dp/1433807092
It will challenge the widely held idea that a specific intervention or therapy is better for a specific disorder. It once again highlights the importance of the relationship. Check it out!
https://www.amazon.com/Motivational-Interviewing-Helping-People-Applications/dp/1609182278/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497318185&sr=8-1&keywords=motivational+interviewing
That's one of my favorite resources for MI. For CBT, this is the best:
http://file.zums.ac.ir/ebook/082-Cognitive%20Behavior%20Therapy,%20Second%20Edition%20-%20Basics%20and%20Beyond-Judith%20S.%20Beck%20Phd%20Aaron%20T.%20Be.pdf
> https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Fidelity-Non-Looping-Adaptive-Technology/dp/B002SMJQT4/
thank you so much, I will definitely look into this option more!
Book recommendation: http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Keeps-Score-Healing/dp/0670785938
If she wants to try medical cannabis, I would only recommend it if you're in a state where she can access high CBD, low THC medicine. THC can increase anxiety, and can be dependence forming. CBD doesn't create a high, but is effective for anxiety.
ETA: Be careful with Benadryl as others are suggesting. It can be habit forming when taken for anxiety/sleep, and is also linked to an increased dementia risk: http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-increased-dementia-risk-201501287667
This thing utterly rocks, and is great for keeping the babies asleep in the same room when I have to travel.
Its adaptive, and doesn't have a set track loop, so if noise increases outside or inside near it, the device will compensate.
https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Fidelity-Non-Looping-Adaptive-Technology/dp/B002SMJQT4/
Association for Play Therapy: https://www.a4pt.org/
The books we used in my intro play therapy class:
Miller and Rollnick’s book on motivational interviewing was required reading at a previous job, I highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/Motivational-Interviewing-Helping-People-Applications/dp/1609182278