Curt and Katie chat about treatment teaming, especially for clinicians in private practice. We look at the benefits of a treatment team, how to effectively create an interdisciplinary treatment team (including some networking skills), the qualities of a strong team, and the practicalities for therapists to collaborate effectively in treatment teams. This is a continuing education podcourse.
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In this podcast episode we talk about how therapists can best work within treatment teams
Clients are often best served by a robust treatment team. Specific diagnoses (like Eating Disorders or Serious Mental Illness) require treatment teaming as a best practice and many others are best served when you are collaborating with the other health and wellness professionals in your clients’ lives. Creating and working within treatment teams in private practice creates a unique challenge. How do you find these professionals and how do you best work with them? The meetings in the hall in treatment centers and agencies can’t happen when you’re at your own office or working virtually. What can modern therapists do? This episode will explore the importance of treatment teams, how to identify who belongs on your treatment teams, and the essential networking skills to create these important relationships.
What do treatment teams look like in private practice?
Working with couples counselors as an individual therapist
Engaging with other professionals for specific cases (e.g., attorneys)
Child and family treatment teams
What are the benefits of treatment teams, especially for lower acuity cases?
Best practices for eating disorders, gender affirming care, elders, children
Bringing additional expertise, access to rural areas
Encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination
Engaging with community members
Aligned treatment, which is less confusing for clients
Trauma informed care at all levels of treatment and within environmental support
Advocacy for client within their community and/or environment
How can therapists create treatment teams when they are in private practice?
Identifying ideal, usual client and what they need
Who are the other people that are working with your client?
Where are you able to find the collaborators that you’ll end up working with consistently
Interdisciplinary trainings
Collaborating with your clients’ established treatment team members
How do therapists vet the people they are meeting with?
Assessing for trauma-informed, cultural humility
Mutual respect and effective collaboration
Stance on the medical model
View on clients and how they conceptualize cases
What are the qualities of strong treatment teams?
Trust and respect
Communication
Shared vision and primary goals
Relationship coordination
Transparency
How can therapists collaborate effectively with other professionals in private practice?
Setting up systems for communication
Regular meetings
Releases of information
Bridging gaps and avoiding duplication of services
Sharing perspectives and compromise
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Who we are:
Curt Widhalm is a LMFT in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is the cofounder of the Therapy Reimagined conference, an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and CSUN, a former Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, former CFO of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. Learn more at: [ Ссылка ]
Katie Vernoy is a LMFT, coach, and consultant supporting leaders, visionaries, executives, and helping professionals to create sustainable careers. Katie, with Curt, has developed workshops and a conference, Therapy Reimagined, to support therapists navigating through the modern challenges of this profession. Katie is also a former President of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Learn more at: [ Ссылка ]
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