Making Change Sustainable: The Right Tool at the Right Time by Regina Sewell, PhD, LMHC, PAT As counselors, we know the importance of using the right tool for the job. Our clients often come to us because they’ve been using … Continue reading →
Stages of Change in Action Regina Sewell Phd, LMHC, PCC, PAT Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute and SUNY New Paltz Change is a process. In order to help clients make the life changes they need to make, we need to be … Continue reading →
Sobriety Shop by Regina Sewell, PhD, LMHC, PAT As a counselor working with substance abusing clients, have you ever wished you had some exercises you could use to enliven your groups? Have you ever struggled to find engaging ways to … Continue reading →
Social Atoms in Substance Abuse Treatment by Regina Sewell, LMHC, PCC, CP, PAT “Show don’t tell” is one of the “golden rules” of writing. It should also be one of the “golden rules” of counseling because telling our clients what … Continue reading →
Who Like Me? by Regina Sewell, PhD, LMHC, PCC, PAT Have you ever tried to run a group in which group members clam up and only respond with one syllable answers or simply tell you what they think you want … Continue reading →
Motivational Interviewing in Action by Regina Sewell, PhD, LMHC, PCC, PAT If you work with clients who use marijuana or other substances on a regular basis, the following exchange using Motivational Interviewing might sound familiar: Client: “It’s weird. I really … Continue reading →
Action Methods in Developing Communication Skills: Video Transcript by Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, LCAT, TEP Dr. Baile: We’re very gratified to have with us today Rebecca Walters who is a psychodramatist. So, you’ll be hearing some different kind of stuff … Continue reading →
Motivational Interviewing in Action: How Action Methods Cut Through Clients’ Defenses and Ambivalence by Regina Sewell, Ph.D., LMHC, CP and Rebecca Walters, LMHC, LCAT, TEP “Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to … Continue reading →
Why I Became a Psychodramatist by Regina Sewell, PhD/ MEd, LMHC, PCC, CP True confession: When I started out, I didn’t want to be a therapist. I was an activist and I wanted to save the world. I wanted to … Continue reading →
