Episode 6

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17th Jan 2022

Developing Skills in Non-Invasive History Taking as an Aspiring Psychologist

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 6

Developing Skills in Non-Invasive History Taking  

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Being able to run assessment and history taking sessions with your clients in a way which feels supportive and non-invasive is key. Here’s my top

tips for how to do it from a position of curiosity and non-judgement.

Highlights:

  • Welcome: 00:30
  • Attunement: 02:00        
  • Outcome Measures: 03:00
  • Session Content & Structure: 05:00
  • Non-Judgment: 09:00
  • The Person and their relationship to the difficulties: 11:30
  • Being honest about the intrusion: 13:30
  • The Single session intervention: 14:00   

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To check out The Our Tricky Brain Kit: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/tricky-brain


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Transcript

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Dr Marianne Trent is a qualified clinical psychologist and trauma and grief specialist. She also specialises in supporting aspiring psychologists and in writing compassionately for the media.