Gus Hopson Psychology and Counseling Services

11/25/2022

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11/08/2022

11/08/2022

Lessons will never be taught or learned when the stress response system is activated. Regulate. Relate. Reason.

09/29/2021

We are going into the Wnter Season. The Season where there should be weekly "Family Meetings."

07/29/2021

During this pandemic, many individuals, couples, and families were unable to receive short term counseling, or crisis intervention services. Before we enter into another "lock down" period, prepare yourselves to provide basic short-term crisis intervention counseling, and to be able to facilitate structured family meetings, for the significant individuals in your lives.

01/04/2021

The Covid 19 pandemic has created a "Crisis Situation" for many families, due to the mandate of "Social Distancing." Family members are limited as to whom they can be in physical contact with, and where their contact can take place.

As a result of being together during the quarantine, many families are forced to address some of their more intense issues and sensitive concerns. For some families, this will create a situation in which one or more family members will reach out for professional crisis intervention (short-term counseling) services.

If your family is experiencing issues and concerns that are associated with feelings of emotional pain, anger, fear, or anxiety, I would like to encourage one of you to learn the "Active Listening" technique. This basic skill is used by professional counselors, mental health professionals, and organizations who specializes in the area of "Counseling" and "Crisis Intervention."

For more information please contact me at: "gushopsoncounseling@gmail.com."

11/25/2020

During this pandemic at least one person in every household should be trained to use Crisis Intervention Skills in the form of "Active Listening/Empathic Listening. This skill will provide a strategy for listening to those who are feeling emotional pain, anger, and fear.

At least one person in every household should be trained to facilitate a "Family Meeting." Family meetings are held once a week, on the same day, at the same time, and held in the same room. During Family Meetings issues and concerns for individual family members can be clearly defined, and appropriately addressed.

11/18/2020

Until this current Pandemic I have not focused on coaching families to use the process of "Family Meetings." Thus far I have coached the families of two clients to use this process.

What makes "Family Meetings" so unique is that they also serve as "Family Counseling" Sessions, and as "Crisis Intervention" Sessions. For family members who have returned from incarceration and/or inpatient mental health treatment, these meetings serve as a "Relapse Prevention" and "Positive Support Group.

Thank you for trusting the process, and being willing to use it.

10/04/2017

Families have the perfect structure to form a positive support group for family members retuning home from inpatient psychiatric treatment, returning from incarceration, returning from military duty, who are on parole or probation, or are adjusting to significant life changes. Families can be coached to form their own internal relapse prevention and positive support group to reinforce positive behaviors of their family members.