Live Consultation with Shery Clark

Are you looking to incorporate new treatment modalities into your counseling practice? How can you assess a new modality to make sure that it would be beneficial to your clients and to your practice? Can you incorporate your new modality alongside medical care? MEET SHERY CLARKShery has had a long career in healthcare. Before training in counseling, she worked in several areas other than mental health for large hospitals and trauma centers in the Triangle. That diversity gave her a unique understanding of how biopsychosocial factors interact in our lives. In addition to private practice, Shery volunteers with the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health, prior to Covid she was an active founding member of the Raleigh chapter of Death Cafe and Drag Queen Story Hour. She also shares her life with 3 purebred Labrador Retrievers that she shows in AKC competition obedience and confirmation. IN THIS PODCAST:Assessing new treatment modalities Do research ASSESSING NEW TREATMENT MODALITIESYou can look at a wide range of empirical evidence: Is this treatment modality working for your clients? Read a range of online reviews from both practitioners and clients, Do some research into how long this modality has been around, How long has this modality been in the counseling field? How much experience does the mentor who would teach you about this modality have? Asking others. I just feel like talking to people … asking questions and getting more information from people [to figure] that out. Networking is important … [to find] other people that might be trained in that, but if you can’t find anybody trained in that, I might be a little hesitant. (Chris McDonald) DO RESEARCHIf you are looking to add another or new treatment modalities into your counseling practice, do as much research as you can. Look at books, check out online reviews and testimonies, network and find other counselors who have used it before. Grounding yourself in the available research will enable you to make a clear decision as to ho