Course Code: REL-BHC-0-OSSFT
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Learning Objectives:
Describe how to use reframing and avoid triangulation in your work with families.
Detail how to use specific family therapy techniques including shifting alliances, reconnection, and reversal.
Explain how the techniques of joining and tracking are applied to set the stage for change.
Describe three strategies to decrease resistance and engage clients in therapy.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Elements of the Brief Family Therapy Model
Brief Family Therapy
Challenges for Family Therapists
Review
Summary
Section 3: Techniques for Change
Setting the Stage for Change
Techniques: Reconnection, Reframing, and Reversal
Techniques: Adjusting Alliances and Boundaries
Review
Summary
Section 4: Leadership in the Session
Addressing the Issue of Triangulation
Opening Closed Systems
Paradoxical Interventions
Review
Section Summary
Section 5: Engaging with Resistant and Difficult Clients
Client Resistance
Management of Angry and Hostile Clients
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Jacob Helton, Psy.D.
Jacob Helton, Psy.D., received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University in Pennsylvania. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg, Oregon, which included extensive training with at-risk youth and their families. He is licensed as a psychologist in Oregon and most recently worked in an integrated family medicine and internal medicine group for a large healthcare organization. Dr. Helton has worked in hospital, school, residential, and community mental health settings. He has provided treatment to clients across the lifespan and diagnostic spectrum, with an emphasis on the treatment of anxiety disorders, co-occurring medical and mental health disorders, ADHD, insomnia, severe and persistent mental illness, and the aging. He has experience as a technical writer and has provided numerous trainings to mental health professionals, physicians, allied professionals, and direct care staff.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Beginner level Social Workers; Marriage and Family Therapists; Professional Counselors; Psychologists; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.