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Becoming Centered
This podcast is a field guide for professionals seeking perspectives and techniques for helping others find their balanced path. It's also for people who want to learn the self-counseling pathways, navigation tools, and practices to live a centered life. Organized into several series, this podcast focuses on: (1) understanding the territory of personal psychology, (2) tools and techniques for counseling others in how to develop a centered and balanced life, and (3) tools and techniques for…
Episodes
- Becoming Centered
81. Part 1 - The Distress Tolerance Kit
Building off of the recent episodes on superficial cutting, Episode 81 of the Becoming Centered Podcast begins an arc that presents a combination of counseling…
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80. SIB4 - The Neuro-Psychiatry of Superficial Cutting
Episode 80 of the Becoming Centered Podcast reviews the psychology that drives superficial cutting and layers on top of that a presentation of the…
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79. SIB3 - The Psychology of Superficial Cutting
Episode 79 of the Becoming Centered Podcast is the third part of an arc focusing on self-injurious behaviors among children and youth at a residential…
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78. SIB2 - Responding to Intense Head-Banging
Episode 78 of the Becoming Centered Podcast is the second part of an arc focusing on self-injurious behaviors among children and youth living at a residential…
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77. SIB1 - Responding to Light Head-Banging
Episode 77 of the Becoming Centered Podcast begins an arc focusing on self-injurious behaviors. Actions such as superficial cutting and head-banging are so…
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76. Milieu Counseling5 - Relationships and Changing Maladaptive Beliefs
Episode 76 of the Becoming Centered Podcast concludes the Milieu Counseling episode arc by considering the role of relationships in giving residential…
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75. Milieu Counseling4 - Beliefs in and Practicing Executive Skills
Episode 75 of the Becoming Centered Podcast is all about how Residential Counselors can help kids become more cognitively self-regulated. Residential…
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74. Milieu Counseling3 - Structures Supporting Skills Development
The latest episode of the Becoming Centered Podcast, Episode 74, explores three factors that blend together to create a treatment environment in a residential…
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73. Milieu Counseling2 - The Purpose of Residential Treatment
Episode 73 of the Becoming Centered Podcast continues to look at how direct care staff can incorporate treatment interventions into every part of the…
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72. Milieu Counseling1 - Overview
This episode of the Becoming Centered Podcast begins a new arc that focuses on how to build treatment structures and interventions into every minute of the…
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71. (Archival) Ep18 After Processing Suicidal Ideation
Today's episode is from the archives that are available at www.BearClanllc.com. It's a re-cast of Episode 18, addressing how counselors can stabilize kids…
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70. (Archival) Ep17 Suicidal Ideation
This is an archival episode that re-releases Episode 17 on Suicidal Ideation. Episodes 17 and 18 explore how to counsel residents who experience suicidal…
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69. Expectation Systems & Contracts
Episode 69 of the Becoming Centered Podcast, building off of the previous two episodes, presents listeners with a powerful tool for residential treatment…
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68. Behavior-Management vs Feedback-Incentive Systems
Episode 68 of the Becoming Centered Podcast expands on the topic of how to design interventions targeted at changing performative surface behaviors versus…
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67. Performative vs Systemic Change
Becoming Centered Podcast 67, "Performative vs Systemic Change" lays the groundwork for understanding how to design effective behavior-focused program…
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66. House Meeting6 - Parts & Treatment Objectives
This episode of the Becoming Centered Podcast presents four major parts to a residential treatment program's House Meetings (a regularly scheduled meeting of…
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65. House Meeting5 - Storming and Purpose
Skillful facilitation of House Meetings is one of the most challenging, but also most impactful, aspects of providing a treatment experience. Developing a…
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64. House Meeting4 - Emotional Sensitivity
Running a residential unit for children and youth that goes beyond providing quality Care to also delivering an impactful Treatment experience requires staff…
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63. House Meeting3 - Check-ins
Episode 63 of the Becoming Centered Podcast focuses on how to facilitate Check-ins as part of a residential treatment program's House Meetings. Check-ins are…
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62. House Meeting2 - Phases of Team Development
Episode 62 of the Becoming Centered podcast is the second episode in an arc focused on House Meetings. In my experience, House Meetings are the single most…
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61. House Meeting1 - Resilience & Skills Development
Episode 61 of the Becoming Centered podcast starts an episode arc focused on the use of House Meetings in residential treatment programs. House Meetings are a…
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60. Care vs Treatment, Behavior Management, and Respect
Episode 60 continues along the Group-Level Interventions Pathway. Building on the last episode, other foundational perspectives for going beyond only providing…
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59. Season 3 - Overview and Intentions
Episode 59 of the Becoming Centered podcast marks the start of Season 3. This Season will contain two learning pathways. One series will focus on working with…
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58. Supervision14 - Weekly Staff Meetings
Episode 58 of the Becoming Centered Podcast provides a vision for how to design and facilitate an extremely challenging structure in residential treatment…
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57. Supervision13 - Meeting Fundamentals
I'm very excited about Episode 57 of the Becoming Centered podcast! It provides guidance in an area that most human service agencies simply can't fit into…
Becoming Centered56. Supervision12 - Resilience pt.2
Episode 56 of the Becoming Centered podcast is part two of a two-part arc focusing on the concept of resilience. Resilience is the ability to stay centered…
Becoming Centered55. Supervision11 - Resilience pt. 1
Episode 55 of the Becoming Centered podcast focuses on the concept of resilience. Resilience is the ability to stay centered even in the face of various…
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54. Supervision10 - Choices, Breaks, Support Center, Physical Intervention
Episode 54 concludes a four-episode arc, within the Unit Supervision Pathway, that presents the 10 techniques that make up the Hierarchy of Interventions. This…
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53. Supervision9 - Change Environment and Limit Setting
Episode 53 reviews the first four tools and techniques that make up the Hierarchy of Interventions (Distraction, Engaging, Verbal Redirection, Labeling) and…
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52. Supervision8 - The Aspect Compass and Labeling
This episode is the second in a three-episode arc that presents the Hierarchy of Interventions. This grouping of 10 interventions forms a core curriculum of…
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51. Supervision7 - The Hierarchy of Interventions
This episode on the Unit Supervisor Learning Pathway moves away from a focus on managerial skills and switches to a focus on counseling skills to be taught to…
Becoming Centered50. Supervision6 - Leader, Superior, Boss, Mentor
This episode is the sixth on the Unit Supervisor Learning Pathway. It's also the third of a three-episode arc that focuses on how to structure an individual…
Becoming Centered49. Supervision5 - Supervisor as Teacher and Coach
This episode continues to present a model for how to structure a supervision meeting. Last episode focused on how a Unit Supervisor sometimes functions…
Becoming Centered48. Supervision4 - Structuring the Supervision Meeting
Today's episode, which is the fourth on the Unit Supervisory Learning Pathway, focuses on a model for how to structure the typical supervision session. In the…
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47. Supervision3 - Delegating and Organizing
This episode, the third in the Unit Supervisor Pathway, focuses on the essential managerial skills of effectively delegating tasks and projects and keeping…
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46. Supervision2 - Giving Feedback
Episode 46 of the Becoming Centered Podcast focuses on the essential managerial and coaching skill of giving feedback to others. Individual supervision and…
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45. Supervision1 - Unit Coordinator Roles
In residential treatment programs by far the most effective way to train direct-care staff in how to effectively care for the kids and to provide counseling is…
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44. Processing3 - Chaining
Episode 44 of the Becoming Centered podcast presents the third installment of the Processing Pathway, covering the technique known as "chaining." Chaining is a…
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43. Processing2 - Basic Cognitive Processing
Episode 43 of The Becoming Centered Podcast is the second episode in the Processing Pathway series. This episode introduces a 4-question outline for formal…
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42. Processing1 - Introduction to Processing
Episode 42 of the Becoming Centered Podcast is the first episode on the Processing Pathway. Processing involves a structured approach to helping children and…
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41. Season 2 - Overview
Episode 41 of the Becoming Centered Podcast kicks off season 2 of this effort to spread knowledge about professional residential treatment of children and…
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40. Residential Counselor 101 Pt. 7 - Resilience to Traumatic Stress
Psychological Debriefing is a technique for reducing the impact of traumatic stress after a neurologically intense experience. On a neuropsychological level…
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39. Residential Counselor 101 Pt. 6 - Empathy vs. Processing & Coping Activities
Coping Activities Diversions – any hobby or activity that engages your attention. Writing, drawing, painting, crafts Listening to music, playing an instrument…
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38. Residential Counselor 101 Pt. 5 - Scout Skills & Processing
The Aspect Compass, part of the Meta-Compass Model, divides areas of the brain and aspects of the psyche into four parts called: The Artist, The Scout, The…
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37. Residential Counselor 101 Pt. 4 - Executive Skills & Labeling
Executive Skills are abilities that part of the brain can develop that used to regulate other parts of the brain. There's two Executive Skills that describe…
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36. Residential Counselor 101 pt. 3 - Co-Regulation & Empathic Listening
Posture: The parts of the brain that control the physical body (the inner Warrior) and the parts of the brain that operate in terms of emotions (the inner…
Becoming Centered35. Residential Counselor 101 pt. 2 - The Aspect Compass
The vertical axis of the Seven-Directions Meta-Compass Model, represents the core functions involved in caring for children who are literally placed in the…
Becoming Centered34. Residential Counselor 101 pt. 1 - Science, Art, and Craft
The Role of a Residential Counselor: Care and Treatment CARE: Relationships: A core responsibility is to attend to the care, well-being, and safety of the…
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33. Groups
Effective residential treatment for troubled children and youth depends upon teamwork among both staff and residents. The goal is to transform a group of…
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32. Supervisor Orientation Pt. 3
This podcast mini-series aims to aid residential staff who find themselves supervising shifts and providing individual supervision for residential counselors…
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31. Supervisor Orientation Pt. 2
In this podcast episode, looking at the role of the Residential Supervisor shifts to the perspective of the West cardinal direction in the Meta-Compass Model…
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30. Supervisor Orientation Pt. 1
This podcast aims to guide residential staff taking on the role of supervising a shift, emphasizing the complexities involved in managing a group of kids and…
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29. Managing Problem Behaviors
This podcast episode presents a system for managing behavior problems, utilizing a variety of interconnected tools and techniques. The concept of contagion is…
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28. Twelve Transformational Beliefs
This episode focuses on Beliefs as a powerful regulatory mechanism. Beliefs act as filters through which individuals perceive reality, and the host emphasizes…
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27. The Aspect Compass & Self-Talk
This podcast episode is intended to increase your awareness of Self-Talk and how you can coach your clients to use more effective and healthier Self-Talk. It…
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26. Developing Executive Skills
In this podcast episode, the focus is on aiding children and youth in residential treatment to develop executive skills, which are crucial for regulating…
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25. The Eight Gifts
This podcast presents a system of eight values and fits them within the Meta-Compass Model. This podcast explores the interplay between executive functions…
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24. Heroes, Courage, and Fear
This podcast builds off of the concept that, overall, our brains understand the totality of our life experiences as a story. It's crucial for our mental…
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23. Helping Kids Reason
This podcast episode builds off of the concept of four different types of reasoning simultaneously performed by distinct parts of the brain. The inner Artist…
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22. Understanding Reasoning
This podcast presents a way to understand the brain's ability to use reasoning to become cognitively centered. Emotional centering involves regulating the…