M ental Health of Leeds amp G renville Walkin and Brief Therapy A Shift in Thinking To implement brief services such as walkinsingle session counselling effectively we need to significantly shift the way we view the children youth and families who come to us for help ID: 580032
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C
hildren’s
M
ental
Health of
Leeds &
G
renvilleSlide2
Walk-in
and
Brief TherapySlide3
A Shift in Thinking
To
implement brief services such as walk-in/single session counselling effectively, we need to significantly shift the way we view the children, youth and families who come to us for help.Slide4
What is Brief Therapy?
A brief therapy approach is not about providing traditional services faster.
It is about providing services differently, which results in a briefer duration of involvement. It is not rush therapy, but about adopting a different set of assumptions, principles and practices about how people change. Slide5
Brief Therapy Philosophy that more is not better; better is better
Shift our philosophy from a focus on problems to a focus on strengths
Shifts the focus of every visit, to a therapeutic encounter and places uncompromised priority on strengths‐based toolsSlide6
Brief therapy
It is collaborative, highly respectful and taps into peoples’ knowledge, skills and abilities.As a result of working this way, people tend to require a briefer amount of involvement and are more prone to embrace their own resources. They become the primary agents of change, which results in better clinical outcomes (Duvall & Beres, 2011). Slide7
Evidence Based
Studies
have shown that engaging with families through genuine collaboration, listening to and consulting them about what they want, and how they want services delivered, results in greater participation in the therapeutic process and better outcomes. (Orlinsky, Grawe & Parks, 1994; Clemente, C., McGrath, Stevenson, & Barners, J., 2006; Lambert & Bergin, 1994).Slide8
Evidence Based
Evidence
gathered on clients’ length of involvement in services had shown that “the most common number of sessions attended by clients is one” (Talmon, 1990)This demonstrates that therapists need to maximize the impact of the first and possibly only session with clients.Slide9
Evidence Based
Research
also indicates that constructive change ramps up most significantly in the first two to three sessions (Hubble, Duncan, & Miller, 1999; Lambert, 1992).Slide10
Philosophy
& Guiding Assumptions in Brief Services and Walk-in:
Offer therapy when people are ready and asking for it Many people can benefit from a single session and may not need more
Many
people will use sporadic single sessions when they want help
Everyone
is multi-storied, with many versions of problem and solution events
People
come for therapy because they are limited by their current known and familiar ideas/actions/choices
People
have knowledge, abilities, skills to discover and developSlide11
Past Walk IN Clinics
August 2012
17 clientsOffered in all sites, various daysJuly and August 201347 ClientsOffered in all sites various daysSlide12
Summer 2013-94%Slide13
Summer 2013-90%Slide14
Summer 2013-80%Slide15
Summer 2013-90%Slide16
Summer 2013- 90%Slide17
Summer Walk In Clinic
Walk in Clinic will run in all 5 sites
Please encourage clients to come into office when convenient for them, they can call ahead if they wishClients come in as many times as they likeSlide18
Children
’
s Mental Health
of Leeds & Grenville
IMPORTANT
July and August 2014
New referrals
Will be seen through our
WALK-IN CLINIC
Appointments 9am-3pm
BROCKVILLE OFFICE-MONDAY/WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY
GANANOQUE OFFICE-TUESDAY
KEMPTVILLE OFFICE- TUESDAY
PRESCOTT OFFICE- THURSDAY
Individuals in crisis can call the office during business hours
(8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) After 4:30 p.m.
Please contact the KIDS Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868
Visit our website at
www.cmhlg.ca
613-498-4844 or 1-800-809- 2494Slide19
Contact Us
Children’s Mental Health of Leeds and Grenville is dedicated to providing timely service across all of Leeds and Grenville. We have five community offices, Brockville, Elgin,
Gananoque, Kemptville and Prescott.Serving Leeds & Grenville Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PMCall us toll free at 1.800.809.2494 or email us at reachus@cmhlg.ca