{"title":"Using Movie Clips to Facilitate Discussion in the Post-Divorce Family","authors":"C. Eppler, Christopher R. Latty","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N03_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N03_04","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Post divorce families have many important adaptive tasks to manage in order to optimize post-divorce functioning. Some of these tasks include forming new boundaries, building effective communication strategies, and forming new family structures. Therapists are often sought out to deal with difficulties during these transitions. The author suggest utilizing movie clips with clients as a way to broach difficult subjects surrounding divorce. The authors suggest specific films may help normalize clients' experiences, spark solutions to problems, and creating a medium where problems can be solved through dialogue surrounding film messages. Specific films are suggested to therapists as venues for tackling specific post-divorce family problems.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125881968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The REBT Story You Haven't Heard","authors":"Howard G. Rosenthal EdD","doi":"10.1300/J182v02n03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182v02n03_06","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Dr. Albert Ellis, the father or Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), is interviewed regarding his theory and career within cognitive therapy. In his latter years, and true to his life-long personality style, Dr. Ellis is candid and fearless of the vernacular in this lively interview with Dr. Howard Rosenthal. Dr. Ellis traces the origins of his career, his views on various psychotherapy models, the overall influence of REBT, and finally is quiered regarding his views of the future of psychotherapy. This interview provides psychotherapists with Albert Ellis in personal and historical context.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116821120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise","authors":"Dawn Viers Ms","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N02_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N02_10","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A client who used the phrase “God willing and the creek don't rise” in response to problems was encouraged to cross the creek. The therapist provided materials such as stickers and markers to facilitate problem solving and decision making. The client was able to come up with individual and family centered ways to deal with his problems should the creek rise.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116493760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creative Moments in Supervision","authors":"Kent W. Becker, D. Carson, T. Mansfield","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N02_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N02_09","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Marriage and family therapy educators and supervisors offer students the opportunity to put theory into action by facilitating live clinical training. Creativity is both a process and a goal of this supervised experience with the supervisors' task being threefold: (1) to facilitate a dialogue among the clinical team of observers as each session unfolds, (2) to streamline the dialogue or conversation into helpful and concise directives to share with the co-therapy teams, and (3) to identify and discuss common themes during group supervision discussions that follow. Live supervision provides supervisors and trainees with a series of “windows” through which to view training, therapist development and clients' struggles and gains. A case study serves as a reminder that the views through these various widows are often more similar than different.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124151378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growing Creative Therapists","authors":"Lorna L. Hecker, J. Kottler","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N02_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N02_01","url":null,"abstract":"After years of practicing psychotherapy, and teaching it to others, we have come to realize that our work involves a blending of well-crafted skills that are theoretically grounded, with the clinical judgment to apply those methods in ways that are consistently helpful to others. It is the latter part of this mix that requires therapists (and their clients) tap into their own creative resources in order to produce successful outcomes. Interestingly, however, in our training to become practitioners, creativity is rarely included in the curriculum. Even supervision after graduation is often focused more on making sure we comply with standards of care rather than expanding the range of our therapeutic options (Remley & Herlihy, 2001). Practitioners are essentially left on their own to access their creative spirit, as if this process would occur automatically as a result of experience, or perhaps divine guidance. In truth, creativity is not just an in-born trait but a skill that can be learned, developed, and fostered over time. In fact, moment-by-moment functioning requires some use of creativity as no situation is exactly the same as any previous situation we encounter (Bohart, 1999). Indeed, people are creative every day–they find new ways to deal with old problems, they will find an alternate route to work when road construction is occurring, they find ways to save money when times are hard, or they find an alternative to silverware when no utensils are available (Ward, Fink & Smith, 1985). It is this everyday creativity that therapists can tap into in their clinical practice in order to enhance therapy, though most therapists are not trained to tap this resource.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114893401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five (plus or minus 2) Guiding Principles of Improvisational Performance Relevant to the Practice, Research and Teaching of Therapy","authors":"J. Gale","doi":"10.1300/J182v02n02_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182v02n02_07","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper provides a brief history of improvisational theater, beginning with its roots in pre-literate oral traditions. Five (more or less) key elements of improvisational theater are presented and explained. These five themes include: (1) relational action; (2) contextual sensitivity; (3) problem solving experience; (4) narrative patterns; and (5) no rules, no failures. How these five elements are relevant to the practice, research and teaching of family therapy is then discussed.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"105 7S 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133731076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise","authors":"D. Viers","doi":"10.1215/9781478005124-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478005124-003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A client who used the phrase “God willing and the creek don't rise” in response to problems was encouraged to cross the creek. The therapist provided materials such as stickers and markers to facilitate problem solving and decision making. The client was able to come up with individual and family centered ways to deal with his problems should the creek rise.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130293312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapists' “Brightest” Moments","authors":"K. Hertlein","doi":"10.1300/J182v02n02_15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182v02n02_15","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article discusses a humorous situation that occurred during live supervision with a therapist intern in training.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114184096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Masks in Counseling","authors":"Heather C. Trepal-Wollenzier, Kelly L. Wester","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N02_13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N02_13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Using expressive art techniques in counseling is one way in which to open space for a client to reflect on his or her concerns or problems in therapy. One form of expressive art is the use of masks. Masks have been used throughout history in theatre and counseling. In therapy, masks have been used as projective tools for clients to reflect their experiences onto. This article discusses one client's experience in creating a mask while working on her issues as a survivor of sexual abuse. In addition, recommendations are discussed for using masks with different populations.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133752753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lose Your Marbles","authors":"K. Hertlein","doi":"10.1300/J182V02N02_12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J182V02N02_12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This activity provides a metaphorical exercise for clients to engage in, to encourage the disposition of unwanted emotional burdens.","PeriodicalId":184669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Activities, Assignments & Handouts in Psychotherapy Practice","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114669340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}