42 Psychological First Aid

Practice Techniques

This material is generally excerpted from Salikeu’s book – Crisis Intervention -1990 with additional commentary from Haldane’s book – Emotional First Aid – 1988. Crisis Intervention – What to do until professional help arrives. This...

43 Possible Selves

Practice Techniques

INTRODUCTION In this technique we examine the shape and development of the possible selves of adolescents 13 to 16 years of age. More than any other time in life, adolescence is the stage of possibility and of the promises as well as the worries that attend this...

41 Solution Focused Brief Counseling

Practice Techniques

I OVERVIEW, DESCRIPTION, AND RATIONALE A General Description of Approach Solution Focused Brief Counseling [SFBC] was developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. After spending many years studying problem behavior and trying to change it, they switched to...

40 Calm Action

Practice Techniques

CALM ACTION What follows is a technique that includes four [04] procedures that teach the skills leading to the ability to take Calm Action. This technique is helpful for people who are impulsive and have distorted thoughts about self and others, which usually leads...

39 Schema Focused Counseling

Practice Techniques

INTRODUCTION Cognitive psychologists are well aware that human beings ‘chunk’ information in order to be able to draw on a network of ideas to a particular context or domain. Generally , the largest ‘chunks’ are called schema and the most powerful schema include the...

38 Dialectical Behavior Counseling

Practice Techniques

INTRODUCTION While children and adolescents are not often diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, the circumstance that lead to such disorders are often apparent. The format of this counseling endeavor is well thought out and has merit particularly for...