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R119: Out of the Comfort Zone: My Most Challenging Case

media-onlinecourse-tn CE Credits: 2
Price: $25

Authors: Mary Pipher, Cloe Madanes, Frank Pittman, David Treadway, Martha Straus, Lascelles Black

In this unusual Reading Course, six noted clinicians examine the question of what happens when a client challenges the therapist's core assumptions about change and forces him or her to step out of their personal and professional comfort zone...

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Each article probes the issue of what can be learned from cases that refuse to go according to plan. Mary Pipher describes what she calls, "my most spectacular failure." Frank Pittman shares the ordeal of treating a suicidal client. David Treadway explores the boundary between being a professional helper and a savior. Martha Straus describes a long-term work with a very difficult child client. Lascelles Black ponders the distinction between friendship and therapeutic responsibility. Cloe Madanes shows the clinical value of being more obstinate than your client.

Course Readings

My Most Spectacular Failure: Voluntary Simplicity Meets Shop till You Drop by Mary Pipher

How Involved Is Too Involved?” Twenty-two Years and Still Wondering by David Treadway

A Matter of Life and Death: When the Therapist Becomes the Survivor by Frank Pittman

Small Winnings: Learning from a Therapist's Nightmare by Martha Straus

The Godfather Strategy: Finding the Offer a Client Can't Refuse by Cloe Madanes

Therapist, Colleague, or Friend: Stretching the Boundaries of the Therapeutic Relationship by Lascelles Black

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Learning Objectives

1. Explain possible negative impact of differing values in therapist and client
2. Discuss ways to overcome difficulties due to differing values
3. Discuss measure therapists can take when they get stuck with clients
4. List warning signs of being overinvolved with clients