Openings are available as early as March<\/a>.<\/p>\nProgram rooted in positive psychology<\/p>\n
Elisabeth England, a doctoral student and lab coordinator for the clinic, said the program takes a balanced approach to treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we want to acknowledge the areas that you\u2019re struggling, we want to acknowledge the places where you really want to improve, but we also want to capitalize on all of the areas that are going well,\u201d England said.<\/p>\n
England said the approach has helped clients become more comfortable with the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fun to be able to see that transformation from very timid, walls up to \u2018oh okay, it\u2019s just like I\u2019m having coffee with Elisabeth, and we\u2019re talking about something hard,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Growth since 2020 launch<\/p>\n
Brian Cole, an associate professor at the University of Kansas, helped launch the program in 2020. He said the clinic has served 400 clients, logged approximately 3,000 hours of free therapy, and trained 60 counselors and psychologists, with 25 more set to begin next month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe take time to understand the problems and what\u2019s been going on for folks, but we also really emphasize the need to identify your strengths to try to help you to set hopeful goals and to increase the positive emotion that you experience,\u201d Cole said.<\/p>\n
Cole said he views therapy as a practical resource.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tend to think about therapy as just another tool in the toolbox \u2014 another way that we can try to figure out how we\u2019re moving through the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
England said the program has also shaped her professional development.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving this balanced approach to therapy is something that I feel like is an invaluable lesson that I learned from the KU program,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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