Therapeutic practice
94 articles in this category.
- Asking about suicide risk without sounding like a checklist
- Beyond 'I'm Sorry': Delivering Bad News to Patients and Families
- Breaking the Silence: Strategies for Engaging a Withdrawn or Mute Client
- Denying a prescription refill when the patient claims it is an emergency
- Ending the session when a client drops a bombshell at minute 49
- From Theory to Feeling: Helping an Overly-Analytical Client Connect With Their Emotions
- Handling a client who threatens to quit whenever you challenge them
- How to Gently Challenge a Client's Unrealistic Expectations for Therapy
- How to Handle a Client Who Argues With Every Interpretation You Offer
- How to Handle a Client Who Blames Everyone Else for Their Problems
- How to Handle a Client Who Is Chronically ''In Crisis
- How to Handle a Client Who Tries to Sabotage Their Own Progress
- How to Handle a Client Who Uses Therapeutic Jargon Against You
- How to Handle a Client Who Wants to Be Your Friend
- How to Handle a Mediation When an Overbearing Lawyer Tries to Take Over
- How to Handle a Partner Who Uses Therapy-Speak as a Weapon in Arguments
- How to Handle a Patient's Family Member Who Contradicts the Patient's Own Wishes
- How to Handle a Session When a Client's Story Triggers Your Own Unresolved Trauma
- How to Manage a Session When You Realize You Genuinely Dislike the Client
- How to Manage Your Own Anger When a Client Pushes Your Buttons
- How to Manage Your Own Frustration When a Patient Repeatedly Misses Appointments
- How to Reassure a Patient Who Is Terrified of a Medical Procedure
- How to Talk About Money When a Client Is Behind on Payments
- How to Talk to a Patient Who Believes Misinformation From the Internet
- How to Tell a Patient You Made a Medical Error, However Small
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Client Is Consistently Late or No-Shows
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Client Is Reluctant to Discuss Trauma
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Client Says, 'This Whole Process Is Pointless
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Client's Story Has Major Inconsistencies or, Gaps
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Patient Asks for Your Personal Phone Number for, 'Emergencies
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Patient Is in Denial About Their Diagnosis
- Mistakes to Avoid When a Patient, Client, or Student Develops a 'Crush' on You
- Mistakes to Avoid When Asking Your Partner to Go to Couples Therapy
- Mistakes to Avoid When Challenging a Client's Deeply Held, Self-Sabotaging Beliefs
- Mistakes to Avoid When Talking to a Patient About Their Weight or Lifestyle Choices
- Mistakes to Avoid When Terminating a Therapeutic Relationship
- Mistakes to Avoid When Your Own Personal Beliefs Conflict With a Client's Choices
- My Parents Are Getting Divorced and I'm Stuck in the Middle
- My Patient Won't Follow Medical Advice. What Can I Say?
- Navigating Transference: When a Client Develops Romantic Feelings for You
- Telling My Family I'm Seeing a Therapist: What to Say and What to Expect
- That's Not What I Meant': Responding to a Client Who Feels Misinterpreted
- The Client Who Agrees With Everything You Say, But Never Changes
- The Silent Treatment: What to Do When Your Partner Punishes You With Silence
- The Trap of Taking Responsibility for a Client's Lack of Progress
- The Unique Frustration of a Brainstorming Session Dominated by a Pessimist
- What to Do When a Client Questions Your Competence or Methods
- What to do when one party starts insulting the other in mediation
- What to Say When a Client Asks a Personal Question You Don't Want to Answer
- What to Say When a Client Asks for a Diagnosis You're Not Ready to Give
- What to Say When a Client Asks You Personal Questions
- What to Say When a Client Challenges Your Competence
- What to Say When a Client Compares You to Their Previous (Perfect) Therapist
- What to Say When a Client Idealizes You and Says, 'You've Saved My Life
- What to Say When a Client Reveals a Crisis in the Last Two Minutes
- What to Say When a Client Says ''You're Too Young to Understand
- What to Say When a Client Says 'My Last Therapist Did It Differently
- What to Say When a Client Says “This Isn’t Working”
- What to Say When a Client Says, 'I Feel Worse After Our Sessions
- What to Say When a Client Says, 'You Just Don't Understand
- What to Say When a Client Wants You to Make a Big Life Decision for Them
- What to Say When a Client's Family Member Tries to Sabotage Their Progress
- What to Say When a Couple in Therapy Uses a Session to Announce They're Breaking Up
- What to Say When a Patient Refuses a Necessary Procedure Due to Fear
- What to Say When a Patient Refuses Necessary Medical Advice
- What to Say When a Patient Says ''The Internet Said Something Different
- What to Say When a Patient Wants an Unnecessary Test or Prescription They Found Online
- What to Say When a Patient's Family Member Contradicts Them
- What to Say When a Patient's Family Member Is Hostile or Demanding
- What to Say When You Have to Say ''I Don't Know'' to a Client
- What to Say When Your In-Laws Compare You to Their Child's Ex-Partner
- When a Couple's Session Becomes a Battlefield: How to Mediate in Real Time
- When a Patient's Family Can't Agree on a Course of Treatment
- Why Being the Group's 'Therapist' Leaves You Feeling Burnt Out
- Why It Feels So Personal When a Client Quits Unexpectedly
- Why It's So Draining When a Client Intellectuallizes, But Never Feels
- Why It's So Draining When a Client Is Looking For a 'Magic Wand' Solution
- Why It's So Draining When a Client Resists Every Strategy You Suggest
- Why It's So Draining When a Client's Crisis Becomes Your Own Emotional Burden
- Why It's So Draining When a Patient Rejects a Diagnosis They Don't Want to Hear
- Why It's So Draining When Patients Feel You Don't Believe Their Pain
- Why It's So Draining When Your Partner's 'Help' Just Creates More Work for You
- Why It's So Exhausting When a Client Is Chronically 'Stuck
- Why It's So Exhausting When a Patient's Family Treats You Like 'The Help
- Why It's So Hard to Switch Off After a Contentious Mediation
- Why It's So Hard to Tell a Patient There Are No More Treatment Options
- Why It's So Tiring to Be Your Boss's Unofficial Therapist
- Why It’s So Hard to Switch Off After a Day of Intense Client Meetings
- Why prolonged silence in a session triggers your own anxiety
- Why Sessions With a Deeply Pessimistic Client Leave You Feeling Drained
- Why the 'yes, but' client leaves you more exhausted than anyone else
- Why You Feel Guilty Setting Boundaries with Needy Clients
- Why You Feel More Invested in Your Client's Progress Than They Do
- Why You Feel Personally Attacked When a Client Rejects Your Hard Work