50 Minutes: How to Conduct an Amazing First Session with Your New Client - Expanded Version
3 Hours, 0 Minutes
Sunday, September 28th, 2025 1:00 PM EDT -4:00 PM EDT Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R, DHL
Sunday, September 28th, 2025 1:00 PM EDT -4:00 PM EDT Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R, DHL
3 CEs
Price
Paid
$59.99
Yahoo!
Webinar Description
In this webinar, we will discuss assessment, interviewing and joining techniques that allow you to learn about your client as well as form the basis for a continued, healthy therapeutic alliance. Some key skills that will be taught are:
Joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage. Assessment of the problem. Strengths-based interviewing. Related history taking. Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining responding to personality disorders in intake process statement of boundaries, appointment making etc.
Qualifications:
Simcha Feuerman is a clinical social worker with 25 years experience treating individuals, families and couples. His current practice specializes in high conflict couples and families and male sexual health
Learning Objectives:
- Practitioners will learn how to conduct effective intake and interview
- Practitioners will learn techniques to assess and join with client
- Practitioners will learn techniques to set goals and collaborate in the development of plan for treatment
Agenda:
intro 10 min
explain practitioner state of mind and focus 10 min
skill set one (20 min): joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage.
skill set two (20 min) Assessment of the problem
skill set three (20 min) Strengths-based interviewing
skill set four (20 min) Related history taking
skill set five (20 min) Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining
skill set six (20 min) personality disorders
skill set seven (20 min) Conclusion, statement of boundaries, appointment making etc
Q and A and summary (20 min)
Certificates Provider - This Webinar Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an intermediate level ,and is beneficial for an intermediate level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Official information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a Thrapy Express seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform Thrapy Express ahead of time by emailing [email protected] or by calling or texting (631) 202-1010 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
- Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
- Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.