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50 Minutes:
How to Conduct an Amazing First Session with Your New Client - Expanded Version

In this webinar, we will discuss assessment, interviewing and joining techniques that allow you to learn about your client as well as form the basis for a continued, healthy therapeutic alliance. Some key skills that will be taught are:

Joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage. Assessment of the problem. Strengths-based interviewing. Related history taking. Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining responding to personality disorders in intake process statement of boundaries, appointment making etc.

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50 Minutes:
How to Conduct an Amazing First Session with Your New Client - Expanded Version

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R, DHL

Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

Practitioners will learn how to conduct effective intake and interview
Practitioners will learn techniques to assess and join with client
Practitioners will learn techniques to set goals and collaborate in the development of plan for treatment

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

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In this webinar, we will discuss assessment, interviewing and joining techniques that allow you to learn about your client as well as form the basis for a continued, healthy therapeutic alliance. Some key skills that will be taught are:

Joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage. Assessment of the problem. Strengths-based interviewing. Related history taking. Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining responding to personality disorders in intake process statement of boundaries, appointment making etc.

Learning Objectives:

Practitioners will learn how to conduct effective intake and interview
Practitioners will learn techniques to assess and join with client
Practitioners will learn techniques to set goals and collaborate in the development of plan for treatment

Agenda:

intro 10 min

explain practitioner state of mind and focus 10 min

skill set one (20 min): joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage.

skill set two (20 min) Assessment of the problem

skill set three (20 min) Strengths-based interviewing

skill set four (20 min) Related history taking

skill set five (20 min) Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining

skill set six (20 min) personality disorders

skill set seven (20 min) Conclusion, statement of boundaries, appointment making etc

Q and A and summary (20 min)

This presentation is open to:

Social Workers
Professional Counselors
Therapists
Psychologists
Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services

Course Level: intermediate

Level of Clinician: intermediate

New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.

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