WORKSHOP TITLE: The Delicate Art of the Initial Interview: Traps, Roadblocks, Strategies, and Solutions SPEAKER: Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D. LENGTH: Full-Day Workshop (6 hours) (All techniques and strategies are directly demonstrated by the viewing, discussion, and lively dissection of a videotaped 60 minute initial interview performed by the speaker.) Objectives: Understand and be able to utilize the principles of facilic analysis (an innovative and practical paradigm for efficiently structuring interviews while sensitively attending to empathy and engagement). Be able to utilize a flexible strategy for arriving at a sound DSM IV differential diagnosis in sixty minutes, while gathering a comprehensive biopsychosocial history. Understand the principles behind writing a forensically sound and clinically useful record of the initial assessment. What Others are Saying "Dr. Shea's workshop was not only the most immediately useful workshop I have attended over the years, but was also unsurpassed in clarity, continuity, and enjoyability" Steven Wright, Ph.D., Psychologist Back to Workshop Index