Tom Braatz Licensed Social Worker, Greater Minnesota Family Services
The art of therapy involves how we can nurture change and then support improved functioning. We do best when we focus first on establishing a positive relationship with students. I also believe in order to bring about meaningful positive change, we need to be clear on what changes are looking for. Here are three main ideas for bringing about positive change:
- Nothing works with students without a positive relationship.
- Having clear outcomes in mind greatly increases the chance we will be "successful" in our work.
- Having a variety of resources (our bag of tricks) is vital to helping all the children we serve achieve the outcomes we are hoping for.
