Working Through Setbacks in Psychotherapy: Crisis, Impasse and RelapseCounsellors and psychotherapists often encounter difficult situations with clients for which they feel ill prepared. At any stage in the process a client may experience a crisis or set back in their progress or simply be unable to move beyond a certain point. Working through Setbacks in Psychotherapy is therefore intended to help therapists respond to such events which form major obstacles to the successful development and maintenance of the therapeutic relationship. The authors present a framework for understanding the problems that arise and offers effective guidance for working through difficult situations which test the skills of even the most experienced practitioners. Until now little has been written about the |
Contents
Setbacks in the Developmental Process | 1 |
Understanding Crises | 13 |
Assessing and Responding to Risk | 27 |
Crisis Intervention | 49 |
Crises in Therapy | 68 |
Recognizing Impasse | 84 |
Impasse and the Alliance | 97 |
Impasse and the Therapeutic Strategy | 118 |
Impasse in the Interaction | 142 |
Changing the Pattern | 162 |
Understanding Relapse | 175 |
Managing Relapse | 190 |
Responding to Developmental Challenges | 204 |
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Working Through Setbacks in Psychotherapy: Crisis, Impasse and Relapse Rob Leiper,Rosemary Kent No preview available - 2001 |
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EBOOK: Brief Counselling: A Practical Integrative Approach Colin Feltham,Windy Dryden Limited preview - 2006 |