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Balancing Diagnostic Accuracy with Client-Centered Care
by Jason Buckles
Webinar Series: Diagnosing without dehumanizing
Recent trends in clinical training have shifted from a sole focus on diagnostic accuracy to embedding diagnosis within a broader sociocultural and sociopolitical framework—in essence, humanizing the process. In this webinar, you will see Dr. Jason Buckles conduct three diagnostic interviews that humanize his clients and elevate their stories rather than reduce them to a list of symptoms.
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The diagnostic process can be hierarchical, and at times, dehumanizing. It positions the therapist as the absolute expert, and the client as the passive recipient of that expertise, in some cases, diminishing rather than elevating them. Because clients are more than their symptoms, clinicians must transition from a reductionistic perspective to one that embraces their lived experiences, the circumstances of their lives, and their stories. In this rich webinar experience, Psychotherapy.net’s Travis Heath, along with renowned diagnostic expert, Dr. Jason Buckles, will provide you with powerful clinical ideas and tools to work intimately interconnected with clients and the diagnostic process.
Developed over the course of his extensive career in scholarship and clinical practice, Buckles believes that diagnosing is both an art and a science. It should expand awareness beyond traditional Western notions of normalcy to consider the client’s lived experience and avenues for treatment and decision-making. Buckles articulates the importance of balancing the need to assign a label with the need to deeply, fully understand and develop a relationship with the client.
After watching the diagnostic interaction between Buckles and three clinically unique clients, hearing the post-session discussions with Heath, and fielding questions from a global audience, you walk away with a sense of how to humanely and holistically orient yourself in the diagnostic interview and invite your clients into conversation rather than impose it upon them.
By watching this video you will learn how to:
Developed over the course of his extensive career in scholarship and clinical practice, Buckles believes that diagnosing is both an art and a science. It should expand awareness beyond traditional Western notions of normalcy to consider the client’s lived experience and avenues for treatment and decision-making. Buckles articulates the importance of balancing the need to assign a label with the need to deeply, fully understand and develop a relationship with the client.
After watching the diagnostic interaction between Buckles and three clinically unique clients, hearing the post-session discussions with Heath, and fielding questions from a global audience, you walk away with a sense of how to humanely and holistically orient yourself in the diagnostic interview and invite your clients into conversation rather than impose it upon them.
By watching this video you will learn how to:
- view clients not as collections of symptoms and psychopatholgy, but story tellers and experts in their own lives
- augment symptom-focused inquiries with curiosity and empathic engagement
- utilize the diagnostic experience to prepare clients for possible counseling
- balance the search for symptoms with a pursuit of strengths and resources
- self-regulate when interviewing an agitated client or one in crisis
- respect and integrate cultural sensitivity into the diagnostic process
- incorporate the presence of a co-information provider into the interview
Psychotherapy.net Webinar Series
Diagnosing without dehumanizing
Join us as special guest experts demonstrate their work and discuss their unique strategies for working with clients. This Psychotherapy.net webinar series features experts from across the field of mental healthcare sharing the tools and techniques of their craft. Through case consultations, clinical sessions. and demonstrations you'll learn...
- Tools developed by specialists for working with unique clients and diagnoses
- Expert insight and wisdom garnered from a lifetime of work
- In-session exercises that you can begin using immediately
- Tips for working with specific needs and client populations
Length of video: 01:24:44
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-793-1
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-793-3
Jason Buckles, PhD, earned his Bachelor’s in Psychology at New York University in 1992. During his time there he worked on psychiatric diagnostic projects at Bellevue Hospital and the New York Psychiatric Institute. He earned his Master’s in Counseling at The University of New Mexico in 2001 and PhD at The University of New Mexico in 2016. Since 2018 he has been the Statewide Expert Consultant for the New Mexico Health Care Authority, Developmental Disabilities Supports Division - Bureau of Behavior Support, where he oversees the sexual risk screening program, the overall system of positive behavior support, and a multitude of trainings on co-occurring mental health conditions for people with ID, dignity of risk/duty of care, acute crisis response, sexual rights and risk etc.He is also the Director of the University of New Mexico Developmental Disability/Mental Illness (DDMI) telehealth consultation clinic. He runs multiple interdisciplinary clinics per year to support teams in their work with individuals with co-occurring conditions. He continues to share his work through courses like his work with Psychotherapy.net and trainings for the Telehealth Certification Institute (TCI) on counseling for individuals with ID and general DSM issues
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This Disclosure Statement has been designed to meet accreditation standards; Psychotherapy.net does its best to mitigate potential conflicts of interest and eliminate bias in all areas of content. Experts are compensated for their contributions to our training videos; while some of them have published works, the purchase of additional materials are not required for any Psychotherapy.net training. Each experts’ specific disclosures can be found in their biography.
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This Disclosure Statement has been designed to meet accreditation standards; Psychotherapy.net does its best to mitigate potential conflicts of interest and eliminate bias in all areas of content. Experts are compensated for their contributions to our training videos; while some of them have published works, the purchase of additional materials are not required for any Psychotherapy.net training. Each experts’ specific disclosures can be found in their biography.
Psychotherapy.net offers trainings for cost but has no financial or other relationships to disclose.
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