There’s a growing recognition that “wisdom,” that elusive ability to see life whole,
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! 
Wendy Behary • Saturday All Day
that gets in the way of our being real with clients and discuss how we can move through those feelings to maintain a healthy, adult stance in the therapeutic relationship. You’ll practice exercises to enhance your ability to differentiate between protecting clients and depriving them of truths that may be painful, but are necessary. You’ll leave with a new set of strategies for being both empathic and confrontive, when necessary.
Wendy Behary, L.C.S.W., the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and of The New Jersey Institute for Schema Therapy, is the author of Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed. To learn more, visit http://www.disarmingthenarcissist.com.
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