Dates & Times: 11/4/25 9-11am & 12/2/25 9-11am
Enrollment Limited to: No limit
Contact Hrs: 4
CEU’s: 4                                                                                                                                                   

Have you ever been uncomfortable discussing something sensitive with a client? In this two-part course, clinicians will learn how to engage in difficult conversations with their clients. The first session will cover general background on client- and therapist-interfering thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of approaching difficult conversations. We will use concepts from DBT and a framework for working with “resistance” and getting “unstuck.” The second session will focus more on practical application in the form of case examples, role plays, and breakout rooms, to apply the principles to specific difficult topics such as (a) attendance and noncompliance, (b) addressing difficult client behaviors in session, (c) discussing diversity (race, immigration, religion, sexuality, etc.), and more.

Method: Lecture, discussion

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify your own clinician-interfering thoughts and behaviors that may impact your willingness to approach difficult topics with clients.
• Participants will learn a framework for reflecting on client-interfering behaviors to better understand the function of the client’s behaviors, increasing empathy, and finding opportunities for movement in the case.
• Participants will increase your confidence in approaching difficult topics with clients.

Instructor: Tiffany Huseman, PsyD and Rev, Daphne Swinton, LMHC

Location: Live via Zoom

Cost for non-WJCS staff: $200

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Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067 and 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-0313

Please note: To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class. Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class

Refund Policy: Refundable up to 2 weeks prior to start date.