Therapy Books and Stories (4.5 CE Hours)
Interventions for Family and Child Therapy
*4.5 Continuing Education (CE) Clock Hour for Behavioral Health Professionals (Home Study Format)- 1 hour of the 4.5 is in ethics
This course will review information on using therapy books in clinical practice with families, youths, and children. Further, research and clinical experience on using written stories and therapy books will be reviewed. Skills are practiced on how to teach caregivers to use therapy books and “family story time” to process adverse stressors in an engaging and meaningful way. Considerations are given to different formats such telehealth or in-person work.
Families face considerable and unique challenges such as addiction, domestic violence, trauma, grief, community violence, and economic struggles. Unique challenges require tailored interventions that children’s therapy books can offer to meet the needs of the family and children.
Because of this, areas of focus will include the “Do and Don’t” of using therapy books, how to teach caregivers to use therapy books with their families, understanding risks, and going through a piece of example sessions using a therapy book with a child in three different one-on-one sessions. Books on caregiver addiction, grief, and building self-confidence are used as the examples. Clinical interventions and strategies for using written stories are discussed.
Leo DeBroeck is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and certified in Washington State, USA as a Child Mental Health Specialist that has written many award winning therapy books and short stories for families and children.
Workshop attendees can expect to:
- Objective 1) Learner will be able to articulate a method for measuring the success of an intervention.
- Objective 2) Learner will be able to apply one research-backed approach where using stories and therapy books can benefit clients.
- Objective 3) Learner will recognize and avoid potential pitfalls when utilizing stories and therapy books with clients.
- Objective 4) Learner will be able to utilize critical selection skills to choose and use a book matching the client's engagement and maturity level.
- Objective 5) Learner will be able to apply teaching strategies to guide caregivers in using stories in a healing way.
- Objective 6) Learner will recognize potential risks associated with using stories and children’s therapy books.
- Objective 7) Learner will be able to effectively utilize stories in a one-on-one therapy session and adapt it to the client’s specific needs.
- Objective 8) Learner will demonstrate the ability to process story endings effectively and apply Socratic questioning with clients.
- Introductions and Disclaimers
- Ethical Considerations
- Cultural Considerations
- Measurement tools
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Time management
- Using the entire session
- Distractions and processing moments
- Rushing stories
- Skipping pages
- Maturity appropriate
- Levels of focus
- Leaving stories “lying around”
- That story vs. My story
- Avoiding trickery
- Finding similarities and differences
- Therapy books vs kids’ books
- Showing not telling
- Setting time aside
- Decompression stories after
- Ending stories
- Unclear endings
- Questions throughout or at end
- Time management
- How to teach caregivers
- Underlying message
- Avoid compartmentalizing
- Using to open conversation
- Keep the conversation going
- As children mature so do questions
- Addressing Fear
- Processing anxieties
- Using coping skills
- Caregivers needing support
- Underlying message
- Risk factors
- Types of risk
- What could go wrong
- Weighing pros and cons
- Research findings
- Types of risk
- Example story
- Caregiver addiction
- The takeaway
- Further readings
*PsychMaven is responsible for all aspects for this program.
*PsychMaven has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP)- ACEP No.6624. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PsychMaven is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. PsychMaven is approved for both Live/Real Time and Home Study continuing education (CE) programs. This program is designed to meet the standards of NBCC content areas No.1 (Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship) and No.8 (Counselor Professional Identity and Practice Issues).
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Leo DeBroeck is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS) in Washington State. He is CBT Plus certified through the University of Washington and Harborview Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress Center. He works full-time at a community health center as a therapist with a team of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, and Psychologists. He has completed his Master’s of Science in Clinical Psychology at Eastern Washington University with his thesis on factors in suicide. He has experience working with children and adolescents at an intensive inpatient program in Spokane, Washington for several years. He has worked in several different levels of care for mental health treatment including long-term inpatient care, WISe wraparound intensive services, school-based therapy services, and outpatient clinical settings. He also works as a quarterly faculty lecturer for Eastern Washington University’s satellite campus at Bellevue College. He teaches night classes to graduate and undergraduates in foundations of psychotherapy, trauma: assessment, management, and treatment, cognitive and behavior change, and others. He has published peer-reviewed scientific research on young adults related to suicidality. He has written several children's therapy books, which are published on Amazon, for use in therapy settings addressing grief, addiction, neglect, abuse, and others. He is the president and founder of Counselor's Choice Award, LLC which reviews and promotes scientifically validated counseling products, therapeutic tools, and books.
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