The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy

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Curt and Katie talk about treatment teaming as a therapist. We look at why you should do it, things to consider, and what it looks like in different settings.     

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Treatment teams as the most effective way to work with clients
  • The education gap for people related to creating treatment teams
  • The difficulty with the model of the therapist being the primary agent for change
  • The different roles of treatment team members, especially as a therapist
  • The distinction between diagnosis for medical necessity and for the clinical case conceptualization
  • Specific things related to working with psychiatrists
  • The challenge related to perceived hierarchy within the profession
  • The value of having a treatment team leader and how to identify who should be the leader
  • The importance of having a lot of information and additional perspectives
  • The scope of practice considerations and how to talk with someone who has a different scope
  • Fragmented communication within treatment teams
  • Community Mental Health programs that require treatment teaming
  • The different way that we set up a treatment teams when we’re in private practice
  • Confidentiality and communication concerns when treatment teaming
  • How to interact with the other team members
  • The educational considerations related to treatment teaming
  • The “mercenary” reason to do treatment teaming
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    Resources mentioned:

    We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.

    Wraparound Services within Community Mental Health

    Article: Hoge MA, Morris J, Daniels A, et al. (2007). An Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development. Rockville, Md, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

     

    Relevant Episodes:

    In-Person Networking

     

    Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group

    Therapy Reimagined 2019

     

    Our consultation services:

    The Fifty-Minute Hour

    Credits:

    Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/

    Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/

     

     

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