Video Intervention Therapy Basic Skills

The 2 dates of this VIT workshop are:

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 & Wednesday, October 2, 2024 (2 days, 3 hours each day)

Times: 12 Noon-3 PM ET / 11 AM-2 PM CT / 10 AM-1 PM MT / 9AM-12 Noon PT (Both days)

Location: Online via Zoom

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Video Intervention Therapy (VIT) is a method to help clients better understand and change how they interact with others. With the therapist’s support, the client looks at a video of his/herself interacting with someone else. What they and the other(s) do both verbally and non-verbally is reflected upon during and after watching the video. A variety of VIT techniques are used to deepen this reflection and awareness allowing the client to be better equipped to make changes in their relationships.

VIT can be used with individuals, parent/child dyads, couples, families and peer groups. VIT is practiced in a variety of settings including psychiatric clinics, residential treatment centers, pediatric primary care clinics, eating disorder clinics, substance abuse clinics, and domestic violence programs.

A typical VIT video is five to ten minutes and is usually filmed at home by the client. A predetermined interaction (such as playing together or eating a meal together) with a child, partner, family or peer is filmed and then brought to their therapy session. Videos can also be filmed in a therapist’s office, agency, or treatment facility.

Reviewing videos of clients interacting with others (children, partners etc) enables clients, with the help of their therapist, to see both helpful and unhelpful patterns in key relationships. VIT illuminates reflexive patterns that are often unconscious for clients in moments when the interactions were originally taking place. Video review with the therapist as a trusted guide, allows clients to take a step back from the relationship and look at what is happening in it with more objectivity, curiosity, and compassion.

This workshop will explain what types of videos are best to capture for VIT, how to initiate and complete the 7 steps of VIT video analysis. Participants will also learn and practice specific VIT techniques to use when reviewing video with clients to deepen therapeutic work, advance mentalization capacity and expedite treatment progress.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Case Managers

CONTENT LEVEL:

Intermediate

FEES & REGISTRATION INFO:

The cost for the event is $249 per person.

Register online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/karen-doyle-buckwalter-66670166033

Registration is open until all spots are filled.

The cost for CEs for social workers is $50 for this course.

AGENDA (Times below are ET):

Day 1:

• 12:00 – 12:30 PM Four What is VIT? Basic Types of VIT videos, Coping with objections to making videos from clients, Interactions to film
• 12:30 – 1:30 PM Rationale for the Use of Video, VIT Discussion Questions, Overview of Specific VIT Techniques including Insertion, Simulation, 4 Circles, and Inner and Outer Movie techniques
• 1:30-1:45 PM Break
• 1:45 – 3:00 PM Continue Discussion of Specific VIT Techniques

Day 2:

• 12:00 – 1:00 PM Small Group Discussion and Application of VIT Discussion Questions and Analysis in a Video Example
• 1:00 – 1:30 PM Participants sharing video clips to use for VIT (if no participant videos are available instructor will provide further videos for participant practice with VIT techniques and analysis)
• 1:30 – 1:45 PM Break
• 1:45 -2:15 PM Participants sharing video clips to use for VIT (if no participant videos are available instructor will provide further videos for participant practice with VIT techniques and analysis)
• 2:15 – 3:00 PM Practice specific VIT techniques with videos shown including Insertion, Simulation, 4 Circles, and Inner and Outer Movie techniques. Create and develop a plan for the next video.

UPON COMPLETION, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO (COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES):

Day 1

1. Explain why and when VIT is useful and how to propose VIT to a client
2. Describe 4 Types of Interactions to be taped for VIT
3. Define the Inner and Outer Movie Techniques in VIT
4. Recite 2 VIT discussion questions

Day 2

1. Demonstrate ability to have requested a VIT video and dealt with any objections
2. Employ VIT techniques Insertion, Simulation, with 2 VIT videos
3. Name, describe, and apply the 4 Circles of VIT to a video
4. Create and Develop a Plan for Next VIT Video

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, RPT-S is an Author, Teacher, Podcaster, Psychotherapist and Consultant. Karen has been a Certified Theraplay® Trainer and Supervisor since 2000 and is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor.™ 

Karen began studying Video Intervention Therapy (VIT) with the developer of the model George Downing, Ph.D. in 2010. Following her first VIT workshop she was astonished by the powerful impact using client videos had in therapy.  She completed the requirements to be a VIT Teacher and Supervisor in 2016 joining an international group of VIT teachers found here: https://www.georgedowning-bft-vit.com/about-us/ 

Karen also provides training, consultation and supervision services to agencies and individuals in the U.S. and across the world. In addition, she is trained in many other types of therapy including Child- Centered Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Video Intervention Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). In addition, she completed a 2-year post-masters Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program at Menninger Clinic. She has also completed the 2-week Adult Attachment Interview Coding Course.

During her nearly 30 years at Chaddock, a child-serving agency in Quincy IL, Karen led in the creation of Chaddock’s Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP). The renowned program catapulted Chaddock to both national and international recognition for work with attachment and trauma issues in children and adolescents. Karen moved into Private Practice in 2023.

COURSE COMPLETION & CE INFO:

Participants need to sign on to the training at or before the start time, attend the entire training, sign off at the end of the training and attendance will be verified by pulling an attendance report from Zoom.  Participants will need to also complete the course evaluation to earn CE credit.  Partial credit is not allowed. 

Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.

Social Workers

Introduction to Video Intervention Therapy: A Method of Accelerating Therapy Progress Using Video Feedback Techniques, Course #5211, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Carolina Attachment & Trauma Services LLC as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 10/06/2023 - 10/06/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 5.5 clinical continuing education credits.

Please note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.

FOR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR TO REQUEST SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS:

Email: karen@karendoylebuckwalter.com

Website: http://www.karendoylebuckwalter.com

The Carolina Attachment and Trauma Services LLC will respond to grievances in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner. Grievances may be submitted by course participants at the email below or email to request the grievance policy.

REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS:

Refunds are not available for this workshop. If a training/event is canceled by Carolina Attachment and Trauma Services LLC, a full refund will be provided.

We reserve the right to cancel any training course, virtual or live, for any reason. Notice will be provided with the option to reschedule for a future course date if available or to receive a full refund of registration fees if canceled by the organization. Carolina Attachment and Trauma Services is not responsible for any expenses (including travel) incurred by registrants if a training program is canceled or you are otherwise unable to attend.