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Kick it Up a Notch: Fulfilling Your Dreams

Kick it Up a Notch: Fulfilling Your Dreams. Ed Jacobs, Ph.D. Chris Schimmel, Ed.D. West Virginia University. What Is Your Dream?. Are You Living Your Professional Dream. Do you love what you are doing? Why did you go into the counseling field?

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Kick it Up a Notch: Fulfilling Your Dreams

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  1. Kick it Up a Notch:Fulfilling Your Dreams Ed Jacobs, Ph.D. Chris Schimmel, Ed.D. West Virginia University

  2. What Is Your Dream?

  3. Are You Living Your Professional Dream • Do you love what you are doing? • Why did you go into the counseling field? • Are you having the memorable moments you thought you were going to have? • How excited are you about being a counselor?

  4. Our Dream • To Do A Good Job Helping Our Clients and Our Students to Reach Their Dream • A Special Dream: To Work Together • Our Ultimate Dream is to Enjoy Our Lives and Have Fun While We Are Here.

  5. Purpose of this Talk • Motivate you; get you to do some self-reflection • Provide techniques and information • Provide some new ideas—simple systems to use • Share ideas that we think everyone should know • Get you to reflect on the theme of the conference: dreams, direction, and dedication

  6. Four M’s to Living Your Dream (to Being a Good Counselor) • Multisensory • The brain likes novelty • Talk to the clients eyes—not their ears • Motivational • Marketing • Maps

  7. Dedication • Do You Want to be Sunday Player?

  8. Give Your Counseling More Direction: Eliminate These Common Mistakes 1. Reflect much more than necessary 2. Listen to too many stories 3. Rarely interrupt the client 4. Do not focus the session 5. Wait too long to focus and funnel session 6. Do not use theory 7. Make counseling boring

  9. Shield Filter Cups $1 bill Exploding Coke Bottle Beer Bottle PROPS

  10. Chairs • Small child's chair • Standing on the chair • Holding onto the chair

  11. Important Sentences in Counseling: • All behavior is purposeful. • Thoughts cause feelings. • Get your expectations in line with reality. • You teach people how to treat you. • Life is a series of choices.

  12. Stages of Change • Precontemplation • Contemplation • Preparation • Action • Maintenance

  13. A Simple, Useful Map to Follow if You Currently Don’t Follow A Map • Rapport • Contract • Focus • Funnel

  14. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy THOUGHTS CAUSE FEELINGS • Sustained negative feelings are caused by what we tell ourselves. • What we tell ourselves about situations is what upsets us—not the situation! • REBT counselors often use a True/Not True Grid when disputing

  15. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy • REBT counselors use an ABC approach to helping. • A = the situation or person or event • B = the beliefs or self-talk about A • C = feelings and behavior – the consequence of the self-talk B causes C but most people believe that A causes C.

  16. P P A A C C

  17. Progression of Mental Health • Unconsciously Incompetent • Consciously Incompetent • Consciously Competent • Unconsciously Competent

  18. Effective Living Model • Cheerleader vs. Fan Model • Remember, cheerleaders never boo the players!

  19. Writing and Drawing • Lists • 1-10 ratings • Board of directors

  20. Board of Directors

  21. React Retreat Rethink (Regret) Retreat Rethink Respond Three R’s

  22. WDEP • Want • Doing • Evaluate • Plan

  23. The Drama Triangle P V R

  24. H A L T • Don’t get: • Hungry • Angry • Lonely • Tired

  25. Things To Know In Order to Be A Sunday Player • Counseling Theories • Grief counseling • Crisis counseling • An active approach to group counseling • OCD • Panic Attacks • Drugs and Alcohol • Model to help Parents

  26. Questions to Ask Yourself to Give Your Counseling New Direction • Are you going to enjoy your job more next week and in the following months? • Are you going to be more multisensory? (Come to our workshop at noon today) • Are you going to stop listening to too many stories and have more impact?

  27. Questions to Ask Yourself to Give Your Counseling New Direction • Are you going to drive your sessions with theory? • Are you going to listen with a theoretical ear rather than just listen for feelings? • Are you going to become a Sunday Player? It takes much dedication!

  28. In Conclusion • ENJOY THE REST OF THE CONFERENCE! • THANKS FOR HAVING US! • ED JACOBS Ed.Jacobs@mail.wvu.edu order form: www.impacttherapy.com • CHRIS SCHIMMEL Chris.Schimmel@mail.wvu.edu

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