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Interpersonal Skills
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- Important when feeding back to clients
- Especially about the purpose of assessments
2
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Why we use Assessments in Clinical Contexts
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- Clarify the concerns
- Make a diagnosis
- Develop a plan
- Evaluate progress
3
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Different types of Assessments
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- Psychometrically Valid Tests
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Historical Data
- Historical and Current Mental Health
The way we use these is not set in stone
4
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Aim of assessment
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- To understand concerns of the client
- Why they are seeing you
- Diagnosis and treatment plan
- Evaluate the treatment
- Identify improvement or deterioration of client
5
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Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
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- Known as DAS
- based on previous four weeks
- Statements like “ I couldn’t seem to experience any positive feeling at all”
- Four point scale from never to almost always
- Easy to score
- gives immediate feedback
6
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Definition of a Disorder
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- Wakefield 1992
- Harmful Dysfunction
- Disruptive to normal continued funcioning of the individual
- Evolutionary perspective normal functioning stops working in an adaptive manner
7
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Definition of a Disorder
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- Wakefield 1992
- Harmful Dysfunction
- Disruptive to normal continued funcioning of the individual
- Evolutionary perspective normal functioning stops working in an adaptive manner
8
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Two Components of Disorder
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- Failure of internal mechanisms that evolved for survival
- This failure is deterimental to the person
9
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Culture and Functioning
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- What is considered normal can be cultural
10
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Disorder occurs when
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- Clinically significant behavioral disturbance in an individual
- Associated with present distress or disability
- Impairment in areas of functioning
- Increased risk of death, suffereing and pain or loss of freedon
- Not connected with situations or events normally expected to produce distress
e.g. death of a loved one
11
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Changes to DSM
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- Major evolution of diagnosis of mental disorders
- Explicit focus on criteria for diagnosis
- Less focus on causes and etiology
- Became more reliable as a result
12
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Communication in Psychology and other domains
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- Business Management
- Education
- Physical & Occupational Therapy
- Speech & Language Pathology
- Social Work
13
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Interpersonal Skills
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- Active Listening
- Oral & Written skills
- Assertivenes
- Non Verbal Communication
14
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Relationship Building Skills
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- Cooperation
- Trust
- Intercultural Sensitivity
- Service Orientation
- Self Preservation
- Social Influence
- Conflict Resolution
15
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Non Verbal Observation & Communication
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- ** Initial greeting:** Shake hands, make eye contact,
- Seated body posture: Lean slightly forward.
- Eye contact: Consistent, just short of a stare
- **Facial expression and head nodding: **
- **Vocal qualities: **
- Body movements and gestures: Avoid unpurposive movement e.g. hair-twirling, pen-biting etc
- **Physical distance/personal space: **mirroring is ideal.
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Attentive Listening
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- Deep Listening
- Attentive Listening Is Hard
- Attending Behaviors
- Following
- Self-Assess
17
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Empathy
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- Reflecting Content & Feelings
- Paraphrasing
- Rogers 1975
- Entering the perceptual world of the other and becomeing at home in their world
- Paraphrasing can demonstrate Empathy
18
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Transference
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- When a patient develops emotional feelings for their therapist
- Carry over from unresolved past experiences
- Be aware of the impact of clients perceptions
19
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Counter Transferance
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- Distorted reactions to clients
- With unrealistic feelings attached
- Especially when emotionally intense subjects come up
- Stive for consistent self appraisal & awareness
20
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Goal Setting
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- Agree on goals with client
- Try to be explicit about the outcomes -SMART Goals
- Ongoing process
- Be aware of own goals
21
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Reflection
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- Helpers are pressed to demonstrate their tools are effective
- Goal Setting can help measure this success
