Virtual Strategies for Engagement and Rapport Building

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for clinicians these days is effectively engaging system-involved or at-risk youth and young adult clients by video conferencing, especially those perceived as being challenging, like those with behavioral challenges, as well as patients and clients with substance use disorder.Part of what makes this challenging is ”reading the client” within the limitations of the video conferencing platform. We will learn how to make adaptations upon the uses of motivational interviewing (MI) and other engaging techniques in the video conferencing modality to support clients towards healthier lifestyles.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will explore how to establish a personal, healing-informed management of vicarious trauma to maintain the optimum mindset to successfully use video conferencing when coaching clients to better choices.
• Participants will learn video conferencing rapport building techniques such as creating a mutual therapeutic space, movement and new ways of processing feedback to support their clients towards healthy behaviors
• Participants will explore unique therapeutic video conferencing strategies to support individuals to change problematic pattern behaviors that promote the use of digital media tools all the while, incorporating Motivational Interviewing philosophies.

Agenda

2:00-2:05pm      Sign In

2:05-2:30pm      How to establish a personal, healing-informed management of vicarious trauma to maintain the optimum mindset to successfully use video conferencing when coaching clients to better choices.

2:30-2:45pm      Learn video conferencing rapport building techniques such as creating a mutual therapeutic space, movement and new ways of processing feedback to support clients towards healthy behaviors. 

2:45-3:00pm     Break (CEUs will not be issued for this time)

3:00-3:15pm     Continue “Learn video conferencing”.

3:15-3:50pm     Learn to incorporate enhanced video conferencing techniques in Motivational Interviewing to support their work with youth and young adults experiencing problematic behavioral and substance use.

3:50-4:00pm     Questions & Answers, Evaluation

This course meets the qualifications for (1.75) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.