Wilshire Valley Therapy Center Work Values

Daily Duties at Wilshire Valley Therapy Center:

Individual, couple, family therapy. Thorough history-taking and initial assessment, leading to appropriate diagnosis(es), and agreeing upon a feasible treatment plan. Adaptation of treatment modalities to meet the client's needs and level of understanding. Continual ongoing assessment, including for risk-factors such as danger to self or others, suspected child/elder abuse, crisis situations. Awareness of, and sensitivity to, differences such as culture and life-stage developmental issues, and how things like this might affect therapeutic relationship and treatment. Providing education to clients, such as basic situational coping skills (such as alternative ways to think of a situation, or deep breathing for anxious moods), or recommendation of supplemental community resources such as AA or Ala-Non. Modeling of appropriate behavior in the consulting room, including healthy boundaries, and holding clients accountable for what changes they needed to make and maintain. Use of therapeutic "homework" between sessions. Maintenance of client records in accordance with HIPAA, including appropriate ways to respond to third-party inquiries such as subpoenas.

What they like about Wilshire Valley Therapy Center:

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Tags

case management, treatment planning, social work, older adults, family therapy, crisis intervention, teaching alternate coping skills, clinical team collaboration, Management, Therapy

Skills

active/reflective listening, cross-cultural competence, mediation among group members/family members, identification of stressors/emotional triggers, consideration of different means of problem-solving, collaboration with professionals on team, effective verbal/writing skills, Management, Therapy

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Wilshire Valley Therapy Center: