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! 
CE Credits: 2 • Price: $29This Reading Course collects some of the most popular In Consultation columns to address the common questions practitioners ask about ordinary clinical situations. In these brief articles, you'll learn how to deal with clients who resist your advice, won't do homework, and refuse to pay their bill. You'll also learn methods for enhancing recall of therapeutic insights, calming anxieties, and dealing with client anger. In addition, you'll get advice about introducing breathing and meditation techniques into your work and how to reduce the possibility of clients relapsing.
Course Readings
Breathing Lessons: Getting beyond the Limits of Talk Therapy by Patrick Dougherty
How to Prevent Relapse: Treatment Strategies for Long-term Change by Jon Carlson
Anxious Is as Anxious Does: Overcoming Clients' Fears by Provoking Them by Reid Wilson
The Bottom Line: A Fee Policy Can Clarify the Therapeutic Relationship by Lynne Stevens
The Art of the Enactment: How to Get Real Conversation Going in the Consulting Room by Mike Nichols
The Dog Ate It: When Clients Don't Do Their Homework by Bill O’Hanlon
Brining Mindfulness to Your Practice: When Meditation Helps…and When It Doesn't by Lorne Ladner
Lessons Well Learned: How to Help Your Clients Hold On to Their Gains by Danie Beaulieu
Cease-Fire: Five Steps to Anger Management by Steven Stosny
Learning Objectives
1. Describe an intervention to get a client to do homework
2. Describe three ways to use physical props in therapy
3. Explain how therapists can cope with their anger in session
4. Discuss benefits of breathing techniques in therapy
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