Establishing Treatment Goals in EMDR Phase 1
The goals and objectives of EMDR Phase 1 involve collaborating with the client to identify and prioritize specific issues to target during the treatment. Treatment
The goals and objectives of EMDR Phase 1 involve collaborating with the client to identify and prioritize specific issues to target during the treatment. Treatment
In the EMDR basic training or consultation meetings, Phase 1: History Taking is generally the least discussed phase. The first counseling step is establishing therapeutic
Before I started my CIT training, I did an unofficial survey to my colleagues and on the EMDR Facebook page to understand clinicians’ difficulties in
Many clinicians who finished the first weekend or the basic training of EMDR never used this again. The top three reasons are: feeling overwhelmed, uncertain,
Do you listen to the podcast? I have to admit that I am really slow into the podcast world. I started to get hooked into
Culture is also a shared meaning created by people from different historical and geographic background represented through different roles, rituals, and symbols.
As a therapist, when I worked with an individual client, I strive to create a shared meaning with my clients through their narratives. When I work with the couples, I help them to understand their narratives to create a shared meaning in their family.
The implication here is that, as a therapist, our job is not just about knowing the so-called “Hispanic culture” but also how the clients made sense of their own culture through their interaction with the mainstream culture as a child. Also, how do they make sense or how do they develop these experiences into certain meanings to guide their lives?
by understanding the history of the country of origin, it helps to assess the questions regarding the family factors
I struggled to continue writing this series of article for a few weeks. My original writing plan is to share my experiences working with various
Family resilience can be defined as a multilevel process of interaction between families and other systems in complex or challenging environments that facilitates a family’s capacity to cope with adversity over time.
(Dr. Ungar, 2015)
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