Something to keep in mind as we go about assessing, diagnosing, and treatment planning, is the importance of adapting our work to our client’s culture and identity. Irvin Yalom believed we should create a new treatment for every single client, and I kind of agree.

You know, YOU have a huge effect on the outcomes your clients experience. Let’s look at the factors that put the odds in your favor, including figuring out who you work best with, and improving your own deliberate practice.

What kind of atmosphere do you help create for your client? Let’s brush up on this together.

How does your client explain their problem? How do they expect the work you do together will help? Let’s explore expectations together.

A year after George Floyd’s death, we’ll take a deeper dive into how we’re addressing race, power, privilege and oppression in our clinical work.

This March in our clinical supervisions session we’ll be discussing empathy, and in particular cognitive, affective and compassionate empathy.

Let’s get on the same page as our clients! What do they want? What do we want for them? Are they the same things?

In our clinical supervision sessions this month, we’re discussing deliberate practice, which is a process to use in order to improve clinical skills. It’s effective, and fascinating.

Our client’s expectations, and our ability to create solid, positive expectations for treatment outcomes, go a long way in how things actually play out in our work.

Our ability to adapt our approach to our client’s culture will improve the outcomes of our work together.

This month in our clinical supervision sessions we’re discussing self-compassion based on Kristen Neff’s research.