Executive Officer, Community Healthcare
Search every verified Timothy Meyer interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2020 interview, Timothy Meyer, an executive officer at Community Healthcare, discussed his clinical approach to working with children and families. Meyer stated that he takes a "big family therapy approach" combined with play therapy and individual children's therapy, tailoring evidence-based practices to each client. He described using motivational interviewing with adolescents who are ambivalent about change, explaining that the goal is to find the client's own motivation rather than imposing external pressure. Meyer noted that he often uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and emphasized the importance of involving parents to reinforce therapeutic work outside of sessions. Meyer also addressed how he engages families who are unsure about therapy, saying he sometimes meets with parents first to explain his methods and set expectations. He highlighted the value of confidentiality for teens, stating that having a confidant can be beneficial for addressing issues they may not want to share with parents. Meyer described the "MI spirit" as putting the client first and walking alongside them to increase motivation)Skip
“A lot of the work that I do is with kids and families... I take a big family therapy approach and then I also work that in with a lot of play therapy and individual children's therapy.”
“What I do with each child and family that I see is I sort of tailor specifically to them, picking out the individual evidence-based practice that I believe would work best and most effectively for them.”
“There's something to be said about confidentiality with teens... I do have to say that it's extremely beneficial to have these teens... to have that confidant to work on the things that teens are dealing with nowadays and some of those things they don't really want their parents knowing for a good reason I think someti...”
“Motivational interviewing in a nutshell is a modality of therapy where you partner with the client... you find their motivation... and you work with them in order to move through the stages of change.”
“Most people come in to therapy in either the pre-contemplation or the contemplation stage... contemplation is where you're ambivalent about making some sort of change.”
“You're certainly not telling the adolescent to change or putting any of your own bias on it; what you're doing is finding their own motivation to change... it gives much more reason for someone to change when it's coming from them rather than from somebody else.”
“If someone is maybe not performing as well as they could be in high school I would probably start off with a lot of motivational interviewing to ramp up that motivation... then if there's other things that need to be worked on in a cognitive behavioural way I would absolutely weave that in.”
“One of the big parts of motivational interviewing is the MI spirit... putting the client first, understanding them from their point of view and really walking alongside the client to increase their motivation.”
“A lot of adolescents and teens come in feeling very anxious... I use CBT an awful lot when it comes to anxiety — to dive in, look at our thoughts and learn the skills and techniques in CBT — they've found it very effective.”
“When the parents are involved... to really reinforce all the things that we do here for the rest of the week, it's much more beneficial for the client because the more the things we talked about are reinforced throughout the week the better they sink in.”
Dr. Lukin engages in a deep conversation with renowned family therapist Timothy Meyer, tapping into his extensive experience in ...
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