Breakout 7B | Counseling theory for lawyers (qualifies for 1.0 GAL credit)

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Lawyers and Judges regularly require family members to engage in counseling or therapy during or after litigation. This presentation will provide an overview of the various licensures available in Missouri, counseling theories often used by counselors or therapists working with families in conflict, and factors that impact positive outcomes. A greater understanding of the therapeutic process and collaboration between the legal system and the therapeutic system will support positive outcomes for families.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the Missouri laws and regulations that govern the people providing mental health services including the different educational requirements for the various licenses.
• Explore how a person’s willingness to change impacts the therapeutic process and the role a legal professional can play in supporting a client’s willingness to change. 
• Learn about evidence-based counseling theories that are often utilized to help individuals, families, and parents in conflict.

Speaker: Jill M. Katz, Jill M. Katz, LLC, Kansas City

Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.