101490: Patrick Casement's Thoughts on Communication in Behavior

About the Course:

This exerpt explores Casement’s view on not forcing clients to fit our theories. He provides multiple examples from his own work with clients and supervisees. As he reflects on his experiences as an agency social worker before becoming a psychoanalyst it thus has special relevance for social work clinicians.

Journal/Publisher:

AAPCSW "Beyond the Couch"

Publication Date:

Issue 2, December 2007

Author

Patrick Casement

About the Author:

Patrick Casement is a British psychoanalyst and author of numerous works.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek to deepen their work with clients. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Upon completing the course the reader will learn to avoid applying theory without carefully considering the specific clinical situation.

2. Upon completing the course the reader will learn to be curious about the clinical information presented in behavior.

3. Upon completing the course the reader will learn to use the desire to critisize as a cue to the need to deepen the understanding of a clinical situation.