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Basic Attendance: Tending to the Therapeutic Relationship When Psychosis is Present

Jay Smith, LICSW
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the importance of the belief that recovery is possible for anyone with a history of psychosis or extreme states.

  • Utilize the therapeutic relationship to create a healing environment to increase the likelihood of client recovery.

  • Describe the term ‘basic attendance’ and its utility in the therapeutic relationship.

  • Apply three foundational skills of therapeutic presence gained from this workshop to facilitate a healing environment for clients with a history of psychosis or extreme states

Educational Goal

This educational goal of this workshop is to enhance clinical skills to and practices to cultivate successful therapeutic relationships for clients with a history of "extreme states of mind".

Description

Studies have shown that the therapeutic relationship is the most important predictive factor for successful therapy, and yet clinical training tends to emphasize assessment, symptomology, and psychological theory over relationship development. For clients experiencing psychosis, the quality of this relationship is particularly critical. Drawing on contemplative psychology, this presentation introduces the practice of basic attendance (a way of cultivating presence, attunement, and a healing therapeutic relationship) with clients who have experienced psychosis or other extreme states of mind.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Jay Smith, LICSW
Jay Smith, LICSW (they/them) is a clinician and illustrator with a passion for creative, co-constructed approaches to learning and healing. After graduating Simmons College in 2015 with an MSW, they worked in community mental health, most recently as the Director of Community Services at the Brookline Center, where they built adaptive, trauma-informed programming, including education for clinicians about alternative models of care for clients experiencing psychosis or extreme states of mind. They currently serve as the Associate Clinical Director at Windhorse Integrative Mental Health (Northampton), an organization committed to providing compassionate, team-based care rooted in contemplative psychology to individuals experiencing life-disrupting psychiatric distress. In their spare time they enjoy watching survival reality television and drawing. They currently reside on occupied Nipmuc/Pocomtuc land/so-called Florence, MA with their partner, daughter, and two cats.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Windhorse Integrative Mental Health