Becoming Centered

This podcast episode discusses the challenging issue of dealing with suicidal ideation among child-clients in residential treatment.

The podcast offers insights into different scenarios where staff m…

This podcast presents a powerful perspective for helping your child-clients become centered.  It’s based on understanding your kids’ needs through The Aspect Compass, a model representing four aspect…

This episode explores various techniques for helping children process their feelings and develop emotional regulation skills. The episode begins with a recap of previous discussions on physiological …

This podcast episode discusses the use of timeouts as a common and effective technique in residential treatment programs working with children and adolescents. Timeouts are employed to manage disrupt…

This podcast episode explores the crucial role of structure and firm, yet respectful, limit-setting in residential care for troubled children. Structures and external boundaries are essential for cre…

This podcast delves into the fundamental structures of residential treatment programs and the concept of structural interventions. While theoretically residential treatment could customize programs f…

This podcast discusses the importance of coregulation in residential treatment settings for children who are emotionally, cognitively, and behaviorally disorganized. Coregulation refers to the proces…

This podcast episode is part four of a series addressing the use of physical restraints and interventions in response to extreme client behaviors, particularly in residential treatment settings. The …

Physical Restraints tend to be in response to intense, often times violent, situations and will have some degree of traumatizing effect on both the staff and the client.

The neurochemical changes in …

Physical Restraints are, in my opinion, the best option for safely dealing with violent behaviors among children and youth in residential treatment.

Self-injurious behaviors need to be stopped before…

Physical Restraints are a complex and controversial subject that might be triggering for some people. 

There are scholarly articles on this subject and many national organizations have expressed opin…

This episode uses The Aspect Compass to frame the role of a Residential Counselor as serving as The Chief function with the clients to set limits, to help regulate, the kids’ emotions, cognitions, an…

This episode reviews The Domain Compass, which is a way to visualize four domains of psychological functioning.

In the East, there’s the domain of emotions, consisting of feelings and moods. 

In the …

High level team work is an absolutely essential aspect of being an effective Residential Counselor. 

There’s a classic way to think about the formation of effective teams.  It breaks team development…

Therapeutic relationships help your clients become centered in four domains of psychological functioning.  This can be visualized using The Domain Compass:

·       In the East, there’s the domain of…

Professional boundaries includes:

1.         the schedule of when you’ll have contact with the kids,

2.         limits on physical touch,

3.         limits on personal disclosure, and

4.         the …

Welcome to the first episode of Becoming Centered.  This episode begins the Residential Counselor Orientation series, designed for the new Residential Counselor.  It introduces a way to understand yo…