NICABM – Successful Strategies to Make Your First Sessions Great

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NICABM – Successful Strategies to Make Your First Sessions Great
Making First Sessions Great

How To Make Your First Session So Effective That Your Clients Leave Full Of Hope, Commitment To Change and Motivation To Do The Work
More than 20 percent of clients won’t come back for a second session.

That’s why first sessions really matter.That first meeting with a new client can determine whether or not they continue with treatment.

So how do we make sure our first session is so powerful and so effective that our clients leave with hope, commitment and motivation to do the work?

We asked 17 top experts to tell us what they think about when approaching a first session. What are their goals? How do they start? How do they work with the challenges that first sessions present? What are the warning signs they look for?

They shared their insights and strategies – ones that you can apply to your work with clients today.
Successful Strategies to Make Your First Sessions Great
Planting Seeds for Success in the First Session

Lynn Lyons, LICSW      Ron Siegel, PsyD

One simple but effective pre-session communication that can prime your work for success
How to have clients leave your first session brimming with hope and confidence
One adjustment to your initial client assessment that can boost engagement and motivation

First Sessions with Challenging Clients

Marsha Linehan, PhD      Ron Siegel, PsyD

Rick Hanson, PhD

A first session compatibility check to gauge proper practitioner/client fit
The crucial empathic connection that can defuse a client’s initial defensiveness
One change to a behavior-modeling technique that can save your client from feeling criticized
How to present feedback so the client doesn’t fall prey to harmful self-blame

How to Manage a Client’s Expectations for Treatment

Christine Padesky, PhD     Rick Hanson, PhD

An immediate way to remedy a new client’s unrealistic expectations for therapy
One approach to address a client’s low motivation (and turn it into a more fruitful first session)

Strategies to Help a Client Feel at Ease in the First Session

Stephen Porges, PhD     Kelly McGonigal, PhD

The specific parts of your clinical environment that may be triggering your client’s defensiveness
How white noise generators can actually drive up your client’s fear and arousal
One way your voice can open the portal of presence and engagement with a new client

How to Foster Greater Client Disclosure for More Accurate Diagnoses

Shelly Harrell, PhD     Ron Siegel, PsyD

How to dilute the power dynamic in a first session so the client feels comfortable taking risks
How to work with the hidden cultural factors that may be sabotaging your first session
One simple question at the beginning and end of a first session that can lead to more accurate diagnoses

How to Address Common Warning Signs in the First Session

Ron Siegel, PsyD     Zindel Segal, PhD

Rick Hanson, PhD

Three warning signs that can derail a successful first session
Why a client’s oversharing in a first session may signal a potential early dropout
How to disarm the first sign that a client may be idealizing your work

Using Movement to Create a Successful First Session

Pat Ogden, PhD     Kelly McGonigal, PhD

One way to uncover and amplify a sense of hope in clients during their crucial first session
An important reframe in the first session that can help increase a client’s agency in their healing
One way to broaden a client’s “aspirational window” so they leave the first session with a sense of hope

Key Skills to Alleviate a New Client’s Feeling of Vulnerability

Dan Siegel, MD     Kelly McGonigal, PhD

Richard Schwartz, PhD

How to create the safety a client needs in a first session to avoid triggering their adaptive defense response
Nine practitioner behaviors that can directly affect clinical outcomes
How to fend off attacks from a client’s most vulnerable parts when they turn protective

How to Build Hope in the First Session

Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT     Rick Hanson, PhD

A counterintuitive way to immediately connect clients to feelings of hope and possibility
How to expand a client’s capacity to see beyond their problem and into a better future
A first session approach to help shift a client’s negative mindset

Strengthening a New Client’s Commitment to Therapy

Rick Hanson, PhD     Kelly McGonigal, PhD

The “three pile” approach to a first assessment that can reveal untapped opportunities for healing
Two unconscious judgments when we first meet someone that can block a therapeutic connection
Why your client’s issue may stem from a “scaling” problem (and how to boost their commitment to improve it)

How Your Opening Question Can Set the Tone for Success

Ellyn Bader, PhD     Rick Hanson, PhD

How to phrase your initial greeting so it becomes a litmus test of the client’s motivation
A practical strategy to help clients self-assess problematic behavior (and boost accountability)
How to transform a tension-filled first session with couples into a positive commitment to problem-solving
How to help clients “buy in” to doing the important work in your treatment plan

Building a Strong Therapeutic Bond That Will Last Beyond the First Session

Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT     Joan Borysenko, PhD

Kelly McGonigal, PhD

How to connect a new client’s talents to beneficial therapeutic experiences
The conversational shift that marks the exact moment a client is ready for change
Two important questions at the end of a first session to verify you (and the client) are on the right track

Two Ways to Work with an Underlying Medical Issue in the First Session

Ron Siegel, PsyD     Dan Siegel, MD

Joan Borysenko, PhD

The important first step when a client’s issue may have an underlying medical problem
A vital query to help pinpoint the exact way a client’s problem is keeping them stuck
The five integral components of meaning to help shift a new client’s mindset about their experience

For This Short Course, We Brought Together Some of the Top Experts in the Field
LYNN LYONS, LICSW

Author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children, clinical social worker and psychotherapist specializing in anxiety in adults and children.
MARSHA LINEHAN, PHD

Creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT); Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics.
STEPHEN PORGES, PHD

Developer of Polyvagal Theory; Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
SUE JOHNSON, EDD

Creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT); Founder and Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
RICHARD SCHWARTZ, PHD

Founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and The Center for Self Leadership.
PAT OGDEN, PHD

Pioneer in Somatic Psychology; Founder and Director of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI); Co-founder of the Hakomi Institute; Author of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment.
SHELLY HARRELL, PHD

Licensed psychologist specializing in multicultural and community psychology; Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Pepperdine University.
RICK HANSON, PHD

Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley; New York Times bestselling author of Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha’s Brain.
JOAN BORYSENKO, PHD

Founder of Mind/Body Health Sciences LLC; Author of New York Times Bestseller Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.
RON SIEGEL, PSYD

Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, Harvard Medical School; Author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems and Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy.
KELLY MCGONIGAL, PHD

Health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University; Author of The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Get Good At It and The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It.
BILL O’HANLON, LMFT

Co-developer of Solution-Oriented Therapy; Psychotherapist, speaker, and author of Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life.
ELLYN BADER, PHD

Co-creator of The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy; Co-director of The Couples Institute.
STAN TATKIN, PSYD, MFT

Founder of the PACT Training Institute and developer of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT).
CHRISTINE PADESKY, PHD

Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Huntington Beach, California; Co-creator of Strengths-Based CBT; Co-author of Mind Over Mood and Collaborative Case Conceptualization.
DAN SIEGEL, MD

Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute; Co-Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center; author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation and The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration.
ZINDEL SEGAL, PHD

A founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT); Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.
Course Director

Ruth Buczynski, PhD
Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 25 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.
Here’s What You’ll Get:

Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library

Downloadable videos so you can watch at your convenience, on any device
Audio recordings you can download and listen to at home, in the car, at the gym or wherever you like
Professionally-formatted transcripts of the sessions, to make review and action simple
Two downloadable bonuses to help you work more effectively in a first session

Get Three Bonuses to Help You Work More Effectively in a First Session
Bonus 1

How to Get a Reluctant Client to Come to Therapy

Lynn Lyons, LICSW      Kelly McGonigal, PhD

Why Skillful Self-Disclosure Can Be Vital for Connecting with an anxious First-Time Client
One Natural Yet Powerful Way to Enhance Empathy in a First Session

Bonus 2

First Sessions with Couples – Part 1

Sue Johnson, EdD      Joan Borysenko, PhD

Working with a Couple’s Fears in the First Session
Two Ways to Create a Safe Space for Both Partners in the First Session
Strategies for helping a Couple Feel Less Anxious During the First Session

First Sessions with Couples – Part 2

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT      Rick Hanson, PhD

One approach for getting a Comprehensive Picture of a Couple in a First Session
How to Categorize a Couple’s “Red Flags” in a First Session
Key Ways to Help Both Partners Lower Defenses in a First Session

Bonus 3

When to Disclose Personal Details in a First Session

Shelly Harrell, PhD      Rick Hanson, PhD

One approach to get a Better Sense of What’s Most Important to Your First-Time Client
The 3 Types of Communication We Need to Keep in Mind during a First Session
One strategy to Help a Client Feel More Relaxed in a First Session

. . . I feel so fortunate to have this access to brain power, experience and research synthesis . . .

“When I listen to the experts talk openly about their experience, I feel so fortunate to have this access to brain power, experience and research synthesis on cutting edge issues! I go back to the videos to reinforce things that will assist my clients.”

Mary Logan, Counselor

Ipswich, MA
I benefit, my practice benefits, and most important my clients benefit . . .

“I live in Nova Scotia and have limited travel funds at the university at which I work. The series provided by NICABM gives me the rare opportunity to listen to the leaders in the field. As a result, I learn valuable information that would not otherwise be available to me. I benefit, my practice benefits, and most important my clients benefit from the knowledge and wisdom I gain from the series.”

David Mensink, PhD Counseling Psychology, Psychologist

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
. . . some dare to go the extra journey to research and educate

“These NICABM series keep me afloat, in touch, on track, well trained in my field, and more personally healthy. The best aspect, though, is that I feel validated and comforted knowing that some dare to go the extra journey to research and educate, so I can walk the path to health, and can share with others.”

Mary Corsello-Vilcheck, LCSW

Midlothian, VA
Why the Transcript Is Essential:

The transcript makes it easy to go back and double check concepts, citations and names that are mentioned
We put in a table of contents to make it easy for you to find the exact part of the session you need
Having the concepts already written allows you to take notes on how you’re going to use the ideas rather than transcribing the ideas
Some people simply learn better by reading than by listening or watching
You will be able to print out and share techniques presented in the session with your patients

“I really liked being able to follow along with the transcripts as I listened…it was nice not to feel like I had to take notes. I really feel like I remember more when I both hear and see at the same time.”

Mary Ellen McNaughton, Masters in Counseling, Psychology Counselor

Kelowna, British Colombia, Canada