This is the first of a three-part series on client counseling for lawyers with the Integrative Client-Centered Model (ICCM), on February 6, 2026. Each part is two hours and offers two CLE credits. In each part of this series, we will touch on all 5 sections of the ICCM framework, with a focus on certain sections and components.
The ICCM provides a full suite of counseling skills. It is a framework and component model designed to incorporate and organize your existing skills, and help you organize new skills you acquire.
The ICCM framework:
The human element
Relationship building skills
Case and narrative building skills
Plan building and execution
Reflecting, regrouping and re-executing
CLE session topics
In Part I we’ll focus on the human element and the most important relationship building skill, listening. We’ll start with a review of the rules of professional conduct to see what kind of “counseling” is allowed and why the RPCs direct a client-centered approach.
For the human element, we’ll touch on two frameworks and the two primary fear response patterns identified in adult attachment. In the relationship building section we’ll talk about Integrative Listening, a neurobiology and attachment science-based update to active listening. We’ll look at two case and narrative building techniques. For the reflecting component, we’ll talk about compassionate Socratic questions, and look at how to tailor reflective statements to the defensive attachment patterns.
CLE details
| Host & trainer | Integrative Client Counseling Institute, Mark Baumann |
| Date and time | Friday, February 6, 2026, noon-2pm |
| CLE Credit | 2 credits pending approval, .25 ethics, 1.75 general |
| Format | Zoom |
| Cost | $50 |