Self-Paced Putting It All Together-Rapport Building with Our Communities, Case Summaries and Clinical Writing Skills

This self-paced course awards 3 CEUs

This presentation will provide social workers and other care professionals with information on creating a welcoming environment for persons seeking mental health and/or social services and in establishing a connection between provider and client to establish trust and encourage their participation in care. The presentation will also include guidance on creating a nurturing space for the intake process/first visit, formulating a comprehensive and clinically relevant case summary, and enhancing awareness on practicing professional clinical writing skills. 

New clinicians will learn how to develop the skills which are essential for a strong and healthy therapeutic alliance with our clients. This course will provide a comprehensive refresher of the key elements of clinical work for mental health professionals of all experience levels.

Upon concluding this course, fully engaged participants will be able to:

• Identify and implement strategies and activities to create a nurturing environment for establishing an early connection of trust and partnership with persons in service
• Understand and initiate the elements of creating a comprehensive and informative intake to serve as the foundation of planning and initiating appropriate care services
• Learn and apply the tasks of creating and wholistic case summary to clearly demonstrate the need for support and services and moving forward with a plan of care
• Understand and implement appropriate clinical writing skills including the use of standardized abbreviations, enhancing their ability to use clinical terms in describing the symptoms, stressors, mood, functioning and abilities of persons in services to and inform and assist other caregivers and peers from repetitive questioning of client information

Harry Livesay, LCSW-S, has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-S) with over 25 years of counseling experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Houston- Graduate College of Social Work. He has spent most of his career working in public and non-profit, community-based behavioral health care settings providing counseling, support and empowerment for underserved communities in Texas.