By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people!
Thank you so much, Mary Jo, this was very helpful. You have given me some good suggestions for ways to discuss these issues with clients in a more substantive way, rather than assuming I know what they feel.