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Tough Customers: Is It Them or Us?

Tough CustomersBy 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!

You Don’t Have To Choose

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The Dance of Intimacy

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Where Have All the “Patients” Gone? Facing the Realities of Practice Today

Where Have the Patients Gone? By Rich Simon A thousand years ago, during the palmy days of generous insurance reimbursement, therapists could maintain the illusion that, since therapy was paid for by an unseen hidden hand, clinical practice was somehow untouched by the tacky subject of money. Even the style of therapy reflected this disjunction:

The Rewards Of More Direct Contact With Potential Clients

Lynn Grodzki On An Opportunity Presented From Tough Times.

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K101 Everyday Heroism: The Subversive Power of Human Compassion

Explore the power of compassion in the face of extreme adversity.

diane_ackerman Diane Ackerman, Ph.D.

Q CE Credits: 1
Fee: $15


Includes:
- downloadable MP3 audio file (approximate running time: 60 minutes)
- 1 CE Hour



More About This Keynote

Sometimes, even in the most dreadful circumstances, there are those who are able to act with rare courage and great kindness. Find out how the power of human compassion can kindle individuals’ capacity for extraordinary acts of conscience and moral connection through a real-life war story of courage, faith, and determination in the face of horror.

Meet the Speaker

Diane Ackerman, Ph.D., one of our most brilliant and celebrated nature and science writers, combines acute observation and stringent analysis with a poet’s gift for dazzling metaphor. She’s the author of such bestselling books as A Natural History of the Senses, A Natural History of Love, and An Alchemy of Mind.

Learning Objectives

1.  Discuss the impact of compassion on our reactions to horror
2.  Describe the relationship of the traumas of war and conscience
3.  Name 2 ways to develop compassion

**Note: Be sure to print your certificate when prompted at the end of the quiz.