Ed Jacobs, Ph.D.
Chris Schimmel, Ed.D.
West Virginia University

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Are You Living Your Professional
Dream
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Do you love what you are doing?
Why did you go into the counseling field?
Are you having the memorable moments you thought you were going to have?
How excited are you about being a counselor?

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To Do A Good Job Helping Our Clients and
Our Students to Reach Their Dream
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A Special Dream: To Work Together
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Our Ultimate Dream is to Enjoy Our Lives and Have Fun While We Are Here.

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Motivate you; get you to do some self-reflection
Provide techniques and information
Provide some new ideas—simple systems to use
Share ideas that we think everyone should know
Get you to reflect on the theme of the conference: dreams, direction, and dedication

Four M’s to Living Your Dream
(to Being a Good Counselor)
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Multisensory
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The brain likes novelty
Talk to the clients eyes—not their ears
Motivational
Marketing
Maps

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Give Your Counseling More
Direction: Eliminate These
Common Mistakes
1. Reflect much more than necessary
2. Listen to too many stories
3. Rarely interrupt the client
4. Do not focus the session
5. Wait too long to focus and funnel session
6. Do not use theory
7. Make counseling boring

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Shield
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Filter
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Cups
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$1 bill
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Exploding Coke
Bottle
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Beer Bottle

Chairs
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Small child's chair
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Standing on the chair
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Holding onto the chair

Important Sentences in
Counseling:
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All behavior is purposeful.
Thoughts cause feelings.
Get your expectations in line with reality.
You teach people how to treat you.
Life is a series of choices.

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Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance

A Simple, Useful Map to Follow if
You Currently Don’t Follow A Map
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Rapport
Contract
Focus
Funnel

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
THOUGHTS CAUSE FEELINGS
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Sustained negative feelings are caused by what we tell ourselves.
What we tell ourselves about situations is what upsets us—not the situation!
 REBT counselors often use a True/Not True Grid when disputing

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
 REBT counselors use an ABC approach to helping.
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A = the situation or person or event
B = the beliefs or self-talk about A
C = feelings and behavior – the consequence of the self-talk
B causes C but most people believe that A causes C.

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C
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Unconsciously Incompetent
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Consciously Incompetent
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Consciously Competent
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Unconsciously Competent

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Cheerleader vs. Fan Model
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Remember, cheerleaders never boo the players!

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Lists
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1-10 ratings
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Board of directors

Three R’s
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React
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Retreat
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Rethink (Regret)
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Retreat
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Rethink
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Respond

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W ant
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D oing
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E valuate
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P lan
WDEP

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Don’t get:
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Hungry
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Angry
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Lonely
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Tired
H A L T

Things To Know In Order to Be A
Sunday Player
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Counseling Theories
Grief counseling
Crisis counseling
An active approach to group counseling
OCD
Panic Attacks
Drugs and Alcohol
Model to help Parents

Questions to Ask Yourself to Give
Your Counseling New Direction
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Are you going to enjoy your job more next week and in the following months?
Are you going to be more multisensory?
(Come to our workshop at noon today)
Are you going to stop listening to too many stories and have more impact?

Questions to Ask Yourself to Give
Your Counseling New Direction
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Are you going to drive your sessions with theory?
Are you going to listen with a theoretical ear rather than just listen for feelings?
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Are you going to become a Sunday
Player? It takes much dedication!

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ENJOY THE REST OF THE CONFERENCE!
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THANKS FOR HAVING US!
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ED JACOBS
Ed.Jacobs@mail.wvu.edu
order form: www.impacttherapy.com
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CHRIS SCHIMMEL
Chris.Schimmel@mail.wvu.edu