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Digital Seminar

Therapeutic Improvisation: The Brain's Playground for Problem-Solving Anxiety-Related Disorders


Speaker:
Neal King, LCSW, CHT
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Aug 03, 2023
Product Code:
POS059480


Description

Improvisation in the clinical setting is not about silliness and humor – it’s about how your brain changes to allow unhindered solution-oriented thinking while increasing attunement of others in your space – emotionally, verbally, and non-verbally. 


Imagine having your clients display the deeper challenges of their ‘presenting problem’ and feeling better prepared to address what has been holding them back from experiencing feeling better.   
This workshop will show you what’s been missing in your anxiety-related (disorders) treatment approach and reinvigorate your own creativity in the helping profession. 


By incorporating Improv you’ll:  

  • Experience a notable shift in clients’ interfacing with you and/or each other  
  • Target anxiety, low confidence, learned avoidance behaviors and more 
  • Notice clients becoming less guarded when approaching ‘heavier’ issues  
  • Witness how the brain alters to find solutions while quieting self-judgement 
  • Watch and evaluate how ‘body up’ and ‘top down’ integration unfolds  
  • Free-form, a multi-sensory approach to enable clients to get “un-stuck” and experience relief and success—discovering their innate power to problem solve 
  • Learn Improv games designed to promote psychological safety 

Great News: No Experience Needed!  Improvisation follows simple rules of play and interactions that you will learn and be able to use immediately!   
 

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before purchase.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

 


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 1.5 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 1.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.


US National Boards - Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

 

PESI, Inc.  is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Approved provider # 3322. This Distance-Learning Independent activity is offered at 0.15  CEUs Intermediate, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 

Full attendance at this live activity qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.

 



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Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.


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Objectives

  1. Identify at least 3 challenges with incorporating improvisation into your practice and how to overcome them. 
  2. List 3 ways that clinicians can facilitate therapeutic improvisation in their practice. 
  3. Identify, and be able to use, at least 4 therapeutic improvisation interventions. 
  4. Explain at least 2 ways that you can utilize yourself as a therapeutic improvisation intervention tool in your practice now.  

Outline

Facilitate Therapeutic Improvisation in Practice    
  • Learn how to weave Therapeutic Improvisation into your sessions and identify unspoken conflicts 
  • Realize how to identify entry points for using improv spontaneously during sessions 
Introduce Clients to the Healing Effects of Therapeutic Improvisation  
  • Discover the power to problem solve  
  • Help clients to become less guarded 
  • Quiet self-judgment 

Interventions to Promote Psychological Safety 

  • Find disclosures that arise from a level playing field 
  • Remove ‘Status Boundaries’’ that can hinder progress from feeling ‘less than 
  • Become the bridge to safer expression of needs and solutions 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • School Administrators
  • Teachers/School-Based Personnel
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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