Mental Health Therapy: Client Interaction DVD VIDEO TRAINING clinical sessions Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Zeig Released: 2000 Media: DVD The mental health establishment has generated scores of increasingly nuanced labels for all the things that allegedly ail us. To this long tradi-tion, Scott brings a healthy dose of skepticism. As he observes at one point in this thought-provoking video, "We're marginalized and stereo-typed clients to fit our theories of pathology, Those theories glorify the thera-pist's role." Miller does things a little differently. To begin with , he brings cli-ents' experiences front and center. Beyond assuming that it is the client, not the therapist, who is the expert on his of her experiences, Miller's aim is to cultivate a respectful, egalitarian relationship in which new stories about client's strengths can emerge. In a lively presession interview with series hosts Jon Carlson and Diane Kjos, Miller elucidates both his philosophy about therapy and the specific features of his working style: Listening; acknowledging; and validating, or selectively paying attention to some things and ignoring other. It is this last activity that truly distinguishes Miller's style from that of many other clinicians. While all therapists listen selectively, Miller listens not for the "problems," the child-hood trauma or thoughts that need reframing, but for the "other side of the story," the client's successes, abilities, and resources. The centerpiece of this videotape is a 45-minutes clinical session with a real client names Scott, who's been criticized by others for being indecisive. It's a session that may surprise many viewers. Whereas some might be tempted to peg Scott as having low self-esteem or a codependent personality, Miller rejects all such pathologizing labels. What he sees instead, and selectively validates over the course of there interaction, is Scott's generosity and te-nacity in working through his problems. Suggested segments of the session are then replayed in an illuminating postsession intervie questions about how deavor. fect is a videotape that raises fascinating occurs a Ale therapist's role For DVD Player (North American NTSC)
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