Resistance

14 articles in this category.

• How to Agree with the Client's Resistance to Neutralize It
• How to Handle the Client Who Brings a Crisis of the Week
• How to Manage the Intellectualizing Client Who Won't Take Action
• How to Utilize a Client's Anger Toward the Therapist
• Relabeling Stubbornness as Fierce Independence
• Shifting from Facts to Metaphor: Working with Literal-Minded Clients
• Taking the Blame: Apologizing to Increase Client Cooperation
• The Confusion Technique: Speaking Ambiguously to Disrupt Rigid Thinking
• The One-Down Position: Playing Dumb to Elicit Client Competence
• The Therapeutic Double Bind: Creating a Win-Win Catch-22
• Turning the Client's Critical Language into a Therapeutic Asset
• Using the Client's Spiritual Beliefs in the Design of an Intervention
• Utilization: Using the Client's Hobbies as the Vehicle for Change
• Utilizing Client Symptoms to Protect Another Family Member