Experiential Treatment

Engaging the Whole Person in

Recovery

Presented By

James Campbell

Copyright 2016 James Campbell

Who am I and Why am I here?

At the completion of this session, participants will:

• Grasp the strengths and vulnerabilities particular to our brain physiology.

• Gain an understanding of the strengths and limitations of talk therapy.

• Develop a deeper understanding of the role of experiential exercises in treatment.

• Gain exposure to and an understanding of the role of experiential exercises for those we serve.

Rome

Who are you and why are you here?

Why Experiential?

The Foundation

plus experience

equals

Addiction

Jeff Georgi

The Reframe

plus experience

equals

Recovery

James Campbell

Limbic Cortex

What has to exist for learning to occur?

Novelty

What Environments Offer Novelty to Those We Serve?

Doesn’t this look and sound just like our groups?

So what’s the problem with that?

…and our teens usually don’t excel here. How do we treat those we treat?

Why do we refuse to apply what we all know?

How about your offices, group rooms, and facilities?

How about your office, group rooms, and facility?

•Are they inviting to clients? •Are they inviting to families? •Do they allow for novelty and

creativity? •Do they provide adequate space for

clients of different genders or backgrounds?

Learning Styles

Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic

Let’s Talk • Let’s consider what we are doing to engage

our clients, systems and families that isn’t working.

• Let’s consider what we are doing to engage our students, systems and families that is working.

• What could we do to better engage students, systems and families?

Is “talk therapy” enough?

Experiential Approaches

Learning Requires Novelty!

Interventions: Breaking the Ice and Setting the Stage

Change of Scenery

Let’s move a little past physical environment to modalities.

Experiential Exercises Agreements

M&M Game

Red candy:

Green candy:

Yellow candy:

Orange candy:

Brown candy:

Blue candy:

Experiential Exercises Thermostat

Trigger Line

The Last Straw

Two of a Kind

Paper Mountain

Remote Illustrator

The Arts

Mandalas and Music •Mandalas

•Catch the Beat

• Lyric Deconstruction

Mandalas

The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle”.

Examples of Mandalas:

Examples of Mandalas:

Examples of Mandalas:

Lyric Deconstruction

Bringing It All Together

(Experiential Approaches)

Experiential Exercises Escher’s Dilemma

Turning Over a New Leaf

Strength Contest

Helium Hoops

Distracted Hippos

Shrinking Islands

Levitate

Extra Tools

• Writing Lyrics (Playing or Karaoke) • Fish Bowl • Family Scripts/Role Play • Family Sculpting • Spirituality and Mindfulness

Experiential “Low R.O.P.E.S.”

•Escher’s Dilemma (Under $20)

•Hula Hoop (Under $5)

•Group Knot (FREE)

•That Makes “Scents”

(Varies-Hit the Dollar Tree)

So let’s talk about it.

Questions and Thoughts

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Contact: James Campbell, LPC, CACII, MAC

Founder of Family Excellence, Inc.

Director of Family Excellence Institute, LLC

Associate Pastor, Connection Fellowship Author of: Broken: Finding Peace in Imperfection Perfect Marriage Twenty Myths that Can Really Mess Up Your Relationships

(864) 360-1636

jacampbell@phoenixcenter.org jamescampbell@familyexcellence.net

Family Excellence Institute, LLC Twitter: @jcampbellgreen