Families in Crisis: Strategies for Problem-Solving Strategies for Problem-Solving
Presented by Robert Taibbi, LCSW on 01-29-2016 at 9 a.m. Pacific (noon Eastern) to 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern)
There are a number of common situations that may place a family in crisis, including a serious illness or sudden loss; divorce, separation, or marital tensions; legal issues; mental illness; adolescent acting out; or parental addiction. Parents may be polarized on how to deal with challenges their children are presenting. Children might be acting out their frustrations or they may quietly collapse as they battle to understand what is happening around them. When a desperate parent reaches out to you to help straighten out a teenager, and extinguish the chaos, you need to be decisive, clear, know your options and understand what you need to accomplish in those first opening sessions.
This web conference will present the common precipitants of family crises, discuss the six most common presentations, identify the five most common mistakes you don’t want to make, and outline your format options and opening goals. You’ll learn tips for changing the emotional climate in the session and how to override resistance. You’ll understand what to do and not to do to put out the family fire, and effectively begin the process of problem-solving and healing.
This intermediate, instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:
- Identify common precipitants of family crisis.
- Discuss five ways to change the emotional climate in the first session.
- Explain the when and how of initially seeing the individual, the parents, or the entire family.
- Identify five common mistakes you never want to make.
- Describe how to set the right tone from the first contact.
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Event Reviews from Members
Bob Taibbi is a knowledgeable and effective presenter. I learned a lot. I highly recommend this workshop. - Susan Chanderbhan-Forde, PhD
Fabulous review with very helpful added specifics and strategies to use. - Elaine Willey, MA, LMHC
This presentation was incredibly precise, practical, and helpful. It gave me a map for working with families and couples. - Terrie Towle, LCPC
Continuing Education (CE) Information
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Meet the Presenter
Robert Taibbi, LCSW
Robert Taibbi, LCSW has specialized in community mental health throughout his 40-year career, working not only as a clinician and a supervisor, but also as a clinical director.
Bob has authored several books, including Clinical Supervision: A Four-Stage Process of Growth and Discovery; Clinical Social Work Supervision: Practice & Process; Doing Couples Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners; Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice, which has been translated into Portuguese and Chinese and is in its third edition; and the forthcoming The Art of the First Session and Brief Therapy with Couples & Families. He has also contributed chapters to many books, including Favorite Counseling Techniques: 55 Masters Share Their Secrets, in which he was listed among the top therapists nationwide. He has published more than 300 journal and magazine articles, and he has written for a teen advice column in Current Health and as a contributing editor for Your Health and Fitness. Bob was awarded for Best Consumer Health Writing on three occasions.
Bob offers national and international trainings in family therapy, couple therapy, brief therapy, and clinical supervision. He graduated from the University of South Carolina and Rutgers University, and he has been an adjunct professor at several universities. For more information about Bob and his work, please visit www.bobtaibbi.com.
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GoodTherapy.org is Approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
GoodTherapy.org has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395.
- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.
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