Videos Available for Checkout from Kurt:
"Therapist-Client Boundary Challenges" – APA
Therapist–Client Boundary Challenges presents selected scenes of distinguished psychologists facing therapist–
client boundary issues.
The seven vignettes on this video are designed to stimulate discussion of preferred responses to ethically ambiguous
situations. Designed for clinical training, this video is appropriate for workshops or individual study for the professional
development of practicing clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, counselors, and psychology
graduate students.
This video features clients portrayed by actors skilled in improvisation, on the basis of actual case material. The
therapists were not briefed in advance on the nature of the scenarios being enacted, so their responses are
spontaneous and unrehearsed.
"Cognitive-Behavior Therapy" - Jacqueline Persons
In Cognitive–Behavior Therapy, Dr. Jacqueline B. Persons demonstrates this frequently used system of
psychotherapy. Dr. Persons uses a case conceptualization as a guide for choosing which standard cognitive–
behavioral interventions to apply, and she adopts an active approach to helping clients solve problems. In this
session, Dr. Persons works with a 29-year-old woman who recently developed social phobia. Together they work to
overcome her fears through the use of exposure exercises and strategies for making social interactions more
manageable.
This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material.
"Brief Dynamic Therapy" - Stanley Messer
In Brief Dynamic Therapy, Dr. Stanley B. Messer demonstrates his approach to short-term, focused therapy. This
treatment is distinguished by its emphasis on finding an issue on which to focus in therapy, a characteristic intrinsic to
its brevity (therapy generally runs 12–25 sessions). In this session, Dr. Messer works with a woman named Nancy
whose father recently died and whose mother is experiencing dementia and Parkinson's disease. In this typical first
session, Dr. Messer actively seeks to determine whether Nancy will be a good candidate for brief dynamic therapy
and what might be a suitable focus.
"Prescriptive Eclectic Therapy" - John Norcross
In Prescriptive Eclectic Therapy, Dr. John C. Norcross demonstrates this adaptable, client-focused approach to
psychotherapy. This approach tailors the therapy on the basis of each client's unique needs and situation by drawing
on the most effective and applicable techniques from eclectic theoretical camps. In this session, Dr. Norcross works
with a 33-year-old man whose substance use and marital infidelity have resulted in problems with his relationships
and career.
This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material.
"Constructivist Therapy" - Robert Neimeyer
In Constructivist Therapy, Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer demonstrates this client-centered, empathic form of therapy,
showing how a psychotherapist might find the narrative threads that will help troubled individuals reweave the fabric
of their lives. In this session, Dr. Neimeyer "leads from one step behind," helping a client whose son has died find a
way to deal with the issues that she senses must be addressed. Watch the client invite Dr. Neimeyer to take the next
necessary steps in allowing her to elaborate her relation to the problem, to articulate the deeply personal revelations
that must find words and expression, and to look for hopeful possibilities.
"Client-Centered Therapy" - Nathaniel Raskin
In Client-Centered Therapy, Dr. Nathaniel J. Raskin demonstrates this Rogerian style of therapy. This empathic
approach is based on the empirically proven fact that a safe, accepting relationship between the therapist and client
is key to the process of client self-discovery and actualization. In this video, Dr. Raskin works with a 30-year-old
woman, named Cynthia, who is trying to understand why she seems to be drawn into relationships with violent men.
"Existential Therapy" - Kirk Schneider
In Existential Therapy, Dr. Kirk J. Schneider demonstrates his existential–integrative model of therapy. Developed by
Dr. Schneider with the inspiration of Rollo May and James Bugental, existential–integrative therapy is one way to
engage and coordinate a variety of intervention modes—such as the pharmacological, the behavioral, the cognitive,
and the analytic—within an overarching existential or experiential context.
In this session, Dr. Schneider emphasizes the experiential level of contact, which gives attention to experiencing what
is "alive" both within the client and between the client and the therapist. Dr. Schneider works with a 55-year-old man
who is presently disabled. The client is gay, has AIDS, and is having a hard time finding a meaningful life-direction.
He feels he is being discriminated against because of his sexual orientation and illness. Dr. Schneider helps him to
understand how his reactions can both keep him from transforming and potentially mobilize that very transformation.
"Process Experiential Therapy" - Leslie Greenberg
In Process Experiential Psychotherapy: An Emotion-Focused Approach, Dr. Leslie S. Greenberg demonstrates this
deeply empathic, emotion-focused approach to treatment. In process experiential psychotherapy, the therapist works
to guide the client's affective and cognitive processing of experience through the use of appropriate active
interventions that facilitate the resolution of painful emotions.
In this session, Dr. Greenberg works with a 34-year-old man who is depressed. Using empathy and in-session
activities, they explore the sources of the client's current affective state.
This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material.
"Multimodal Therapy" - Arnold Lazarus
In Multimodal Therapy, Dr. Arnold A. Lazarus demonstrates this technically eclectic but theoretically consistent
approach to therapy. The multimodal orientation begins with the assumption that therapy must assess seven discrete
but interactive modalities (abbreviated by the acronym BASIC ID, which stands for Behavior, Affect, Sensation,
Imagery, Cognition, Interpersonal factors, and Drug/Biological considerations). This psychoeducational framework
encourages therapists to improvise and tailor therapy to the client. In this session, Dr. Lazarus works with a client
who has issues with people-pleasing and blame. Dr. Lazarus demonstrates how his preliminary BASIC ID
assessment rapidly and accurately helps target areas for therapeutic focus.
This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material.
"Gestalt Therapy" - Gordon Wheeler
In Gestalt Therapy, Dr. Gordon Wheeler discusses and demonstrates the underlying theory of this therapeutic
approach: The growth occurs through new awareness brought to bear on old habits of self-organization and through
supported experiments in new ways of organizing meaning-making and behavior.
In Dr. Wheeler's demonstration of Gestalt therapy, the client attempts to gain a model for understanding how she
views the meaning of her experiences, or more accurately, how she constructs the meaning of her experiences
through the lens of her specific viewpoint.
A few others, such as "the Gloria tapes" and Motivational Interviewing - ask if you are
interested.
Videos Available in the Library:
“Feminist Therapy over Time” Laura S Brown
Abstract: In Feminist Therapy Over Time, Laura S. Brown demonstrates how this qualitative and
phenomenological approach, which takes into account the meanings of gender and power in the client's
social realities, empowers the client. The goals of the therapy are determined collaboratively within the
session, creating not just tailor-made therapy, but an egalitarian relationship conducive to client
empowerment. This relationship, in which each person brings equally valued expertise to the process, is
essential to the therapeutic goal of helping clients to feel more personal power in their lives. Over the
course of six sessions, Dr. Brown works with a 43-year-old woman who has three children and a history
of substance abuse, poor relationship choices, and feeling unloved, unappreciated, and devalued. Dr.
Brown talks with the client about developing self-empathy, learning to quiet the critical voice she hears,
and recognizing that caring for herself is empowering. The client is invited to see that she has many of
the inner resources that she needs for her recovery process, with a goal of reducing her reliance on the
authority of others, including the therapist.
“Experiential Therapy with Dr. Gus Napier”
Abstract: Explores one of the major theories of family therapy, experiential therapy, with family
therapist Dr. Gus Napier. In a family therapy session, Dr. Napier shows how every family interaction has
meaning or is symbolic. He works to help the family understand some of the missing pieces in their
family dialogue. The emphasis in this session is on what occurs between the therapist and family.
“Integrative Therapy” Allen E Ivey
Abstract: Begins with a discussion about the theory and its application, followed by an actual counseling
demonstration. Concludes with a discussion with a group of professionals specifically about the
demonstration and generally about the theory.
“Culture-centered Counseling” Paul Pedersen
Abstract: Dr. Pedersen discusses with Jon Carlson the competencies needed in culture-centered
counseling, and conducts a counseling session with a young Hispanic woman.
“Client-directed Interaction: Adjusting the Therapy Not the Person” Scott Miller
Abstract: Scott Miller defines brief therapy and explains his outcome-oriented and success-focused
approach to counseling. A session with an actual client follows the studio interview, and the tape
concludes with an evaluation of the client session.