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hildren don’t always act with full cooperation and tell the truth to authority figures who attempt to interview them. Neither do their parents. This webinar provides a helpful guide for any mental health professional wishing to expand and upgrade diagnostic interviewing techniques. It offers a comprehensive array of high-impact strategies, many of which were developed by the presenter over a 40-year period of private practice as a family psychologist and therapist and are portrayed in his books and other resources. It focuses on how to obtain improved cooperation and openness when interviewing children (up to age 12), their siblings, and their parents. Divided into seventeen coherent topic areas, this webinar portrays specific ways to establish emotional safety, provide the best interview setting, gain rapport, decrease initial defensiveness, and counteract any oppositional tendencies. Also featured are solid methods to maintain a positive interaction with the child, get beyond smokescreens like “I don’t know” and “I don’t care,” gather pertinent information rapidly and efficiently, and insightfully assess parent-child and sibling relationships. Also included are techniques to explore the child’s emotions and concerns, gain insight into the child’s unique perceptions, uncover the most relevant stress sources, and incorporate a unique set of especially powerful questions for keeping the child focused and cooperative. There are also methods to help you uncover areas of strength and positive feelings, as well as clarifying anger issues the child might have. Additionally, there are strategies for interviewing family members, and guidelines for sharing your impressions and diagnostic results with parents and professionals. This massive assortment of strategies portrays virtually every step in a well done diagnostic interview, from greeting the child in your office to summarizing and sharing the results. It provides a unique opportunity to expand any counselor’s or therapist’s collection of diagnostic skills with powerful tools and techniques from a highly regarded master therapist.
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