Becoming Centered

I’m very excited about Episode 57 of the Becoming Centered podcast!  It provides guidance in an area that most human service agencies simply can’t fit into their training programs; how to design and …

Episode 56 of the Becoming Centered podcast is part two of a two-part arc focusing on the concept of resilience. 

Resilience is the ability to stay centered even in the face of various stressors and …

Episode 55 of the Becoming Centered podcast focuses on the concept of resilience. 

Resilience is the ability to stay centered even in the face of various stressors and triggers. 

It's related to, but…

Episode 54 concludes a four-episode arc, within the Unit Supervision Pathway, that presents the 10 techniques that make up the Hierarchy of Interventions.  This episode focuses on how to implement th…

Episode 53 reviews the first four tools and techniques that make up the Hierarchy of Interventions (Distraction, Engaging, Verbal Redirection, Labeling) and presents the next two steps in the Hierarc…

This episode is the second in a three-episode arc that presents the Hierarchy of Interventions.  This grouping of 10 interventions forms a core curriculum of counseling skills used by residential sta…

This episode on the Unit Supervisor Learning Pathway moves away from a focus on managerial skills and switches to a focus on counseling skills to be taught to direct-care Child Care Counselors.  It p…

This episode is the sixth on the Unit Supervisor Learning Pathway.  It’s also the third of a three-episode arc that focuses on how to structure an individual supervision meeting.  It also goes beyond…

This episode continues to present a model for how to structure a supervision meeting.  Last episode focused on how a Unit Supervisor sometimes functions primarily as a Counselor.  In that  sub-role, …

Today’s episode, which is the fourth on the Unit Supervisory Learning Pathway, focuses on a model for how to structure the typical supervision session. In the context of working on a residential tre…

In residential treatment programs by far the most effective way to train direct-care staff in how to effectively care for the kids and to provide counseling is through on-the-job coaching and individ…

Episode 44 of the Becoming Centered podcast presents the third installment of the Processing Pathway, covering the technique known as "chaining."  Chaining is a great way to add a visual element to c…

Episode 43 of The Becoming Centered Podcast is the second episode in the Processing Pathway series.  This episode introduces a 4-question outline for formal cognitive processing.  Basically, the four…

Episode 42 of the Becoming Centered Podcast is the first episode on the Processing Pathway.  Processing involves a structured approach to helping children and youth to mentally process their incident…

Episode 41 of the Becoming Centered Podcast kicks off season 2 of this effort to spread knowledge about professional residential treatment of children and youth.  This season is organized into two di…

Psychological Debriefing is a technique for reducing the impact of traumatic stress after a neurologically intense experience.  On a neuropsychological level that experience could be anything that tr…

Coping Activities

Diversions – any hobby or activity that engages your attention.

•        Writing, drawing, painting, crafts
•        Listening to music, playing an instrument, singing, danc…

The Aspect Compass, part of the Meta-Compass Model, divides areas of the brain and aspects of the psyche into four parts called:  The Artist, The Scout, The Warrior, and The Chief.

The Artist represe…