BT02 Workshop 14 - Working with Mandated Clients - lnsoo Kim Berg, MSSW
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Brief Therapy | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2002
- Faculty:
- Insoo Kim Berg, MSSW
- Duration:
- 2:20:25
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 2002
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: In this lively workshop, Berg demonstrates how to engage mandated clients without power struggles or lectures. Using detailed clinical examples, she shows how solution-focused questions, scaling tools, and careful language shift responsibility back to clients while preserving dignity and choice. The session offers practical strategies for working with resistance, supervision challenges, domestic violence cases, and institutional demands, all grounded in collaboration and concrete goal building.
Syllabus Description: Mandated and involuntary clients of all ages have reputations for being difficult to engage. This workshop will discuss this clinical phenomenon and offer some useful tips and strategies for engaging clients in building solutions quickly.
Educational Objectives:
- To describe strategies for rapid engagement with difficult clients.
- To describe three useful techniques for engaging difficult clients.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Credits
Faculty
Insoo Kim Berg, MSSW Related Seminars and Products
INSOO KIM BERG, MSSW, is co-developer of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wise. She lectures extensively in North America, Europe and The Pacific Rim on brief treatment of difficult cases. Her numerous books and papers have been translated into 12 languages.