What to Do When Your Client Seems Numb or Disconnected
May 17, 2022
By Jaime Castillo, LCSW Good therapy is like peeling back the layers of an onion. We avoid too much surface-level chatter and instead want to dig deeper, getting to the… READ MORE
Tag: therapeutic relationship
How Can You Energize the Therapeutic Relationship When It Appears to Be Waning?
January 11, 2022
By Robyn D. Walser, PhD During therapy, there are times when the relationship with the client seems to lose its energy. This can happen for many reasons but might be… READ MORE
Talking Ourselves Out of Feeling Phony
July 27, 2021
By Stacee L. Reicherzer, PhD We’ve all walked out of sessions feeling like a phony. Perhaps the client was unresponsive to our interventions, or didn’t seem to connect at all… READ MORE
Three Main Reasons Clinicians Fail Their Clients Pt. 2
November 3, 2017
By Bernard Schwartz, PhD, author of How to Fail as a Therapist This is the part 2 of "Three Main Reasons Clinicians Fail Their Clients." Read Part 1 here. 3…. READ MORE
Three Main Reasons Clinicians Fail Their Clients Pt. 1
October 27, 2017
By Bernard Schwartz, PhD, author of How to Fail as a Therapist Depending on which study you read, between 20 and 57% of therapy clients do not return after their… READ MORE
Learning to Relate: ACT + FAP for Clients with Intimacy Issues
June 8, 2016
Inclusion in tribes was a condition of survival in earlier eras of human history. As a result, our ancestors grew extremely sensitive to the threat of rejection from the group,… READ MORE
Strategies for a Productive Therapeutic Relationship in Psychosis Treatment
June 23, 2015
A recent study by researchers at The University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool showed that the patient-therapist relationship was the most important issue—more important even than which therapy… READ MORE
Q&A: Mark Rye & Crystal Moore, authors of The Divorce Recovery Workbook
May 28, 2015
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A with Mark Rye, PhD, and Crystal Moore, PhD, authors of The Divorce Recovery Workbook. Who is the intended audience for The Divorce Recovery… READ MORE
Key Points for an Effective Therapeutic Relationship in Psychosis Treatment
May 14, 2015
The therapeutic relationship has repeatedly shown to be a determining factor in positive outcomes in psychosis treatment. But how specifically do clinicians ensure that this alliance is the best it… READ MORE
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