Alan Godwin – 2-Day Conflict Resolution Certificate Course for Mental Health Professionals

9,750.00

Clients walk into your office every day with different complaints and yet there is a commonality that is easily missed – the context in which their struggles often develop is conflict – poorly-handled, unresolved conflict.

Alan Godwin – 2-Day Conflict Resolution Certificate Course for Mental Health Professionals

Step by Step Clinical Guide to Resolving Conflicts

Categorize conflict to determine treatment approach

Preference problems
Perception issues
Difficulties with process
Feeling pressure

Assess operation of the conflict trap

Heightened altercation
Inarticulate dispute
Combination disagreement

Psychological consequences of poorly-handled conflict

Recurrent complications
Diminished attachment
Alienation from others
Emotional distress

Proven strategies for healthy conflict management and resolution

Teach clients to defuse argument provocation
Interventions to manage fight or flight reactions
Strategies to modify immature patterns of behavior
Assess ability to resolve conflicts

Teach clients 5 steps of the problem-solving process

Narrow
Validate
Select
Specify
Adjust

Implement resolution of conflict in clinical practice

Focus on process, not issues
Target one issue at a time
Achieve understanding
Compromise and define the solution
Adjust if the stated solution doesn’t work as intended

Conflict management techniques for improved mental health

Exercises to increase cognitive skills
Interventions to foster secure attachment
Enhance neural connections
Build emotional harmony with emotional intelligence

Case Study: The Conflict Resolution Process

Advanced Conflict Resolution Skills for Difficult Clients

Assess cognitive impairments in clients with limited reasoning abilities

Wrong vs right
Strengths vs weaknesses
Truth vs blame
Consideration vs selfishness
Reliability vs inconsistency

Identify implicit roles clients play and select appropriate conflict resolution strategy

Master – “I’m in control”
Martyr – “I’m the victim”
Messiah – “I’m the hero”
Mute – “You should know my role”
Mirror – “It’s not me, it’s you”

Strategies to end an unhealthy circular process of conflict

Prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited
Interventions to manage reactions
Teach clients to reason, not antagonize

Psychological impact of conflict with a manipulator

Physiological response
Disorientation from reality
Emotional debilitation

Strategies to re-structure interpersonal interactions

Redefine depth of a relationship
Assess value and limitations
Evaluate growth opportunities

Interventions to move from conflict to resolution

Develop a plan
Respond vs. react
Teach clients to set boundaries

Assess level of functioning in response to healthy conflict resolution

Intrinsic motivation to change
Limited potential for growth
Dangerous behavior

Determine clinical treatment goals

Accurately assess patterns of behavior
Reduce emotional distress
Respond instead of react
Create realistic expectations
Set healthy boundaries
Establish support systems
Accept relational limitations

Objectives for healthy conflict with these clients

Restrained problems
Empowerment
Redefine communication expectations
Improved mental health

Case Study: The Drama Management Process

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Description:
Clients walk into your office every day with different complaints and yet there is a commonality that is easily missed – the context in which their struggles often develop is conflict – poorly-handled, unresolved conflict.
Conflict is unavoidable, whether it’s in a marriage, family, work, or friendship context though it’s not always obvious that poor conflict management skills are at the heart of client’s problems. Their lack of conflict management skills can lead to struggles with depression, anxiety, and a host of other issues that bring them to your office. These problems become even more significant if the client has a conflict with an emotional manipulator who has neither the ability nor desire to resolve problems.
Many mental health clinicians are not skilled at conflict resolution and it is an area often neglected in many training programs. Alternative Dispute Resolution expert, Dr. Alan Godwin, combines decades of clinical practice and the latest behavioral research to offer you comprehensive solutions and an easy-to-understand conflict resolution system you will be ready to use the next day to engage and empower your clients.
Don’t miss out on this unique chance to expand your clinical skill set, your clients are counting on you.