How to Get Clients to Do Their Homework
Step 1: Don't Call It "Homework"The best way to ensure clients' cooperation is to make the assignments relevant for them. Task assignments are designed to bring about changes in the... Read more
Hypnotic Language in the Consulting Room
Bill O'Hanlon on the Power of Giving Permission in TherapyAs therapists, we must recognize the complexity and ambivalence at the core of human experience. People run into problems when their lives are dictated by... Read more
Escaping the Trance of Depression
Three Techniques of Acknowledgement and PossibilityBecause depressed clients repeat the same thoughts, feelings, and experiences over and over again, successful treatment breaks clients out of this trance. Read more
Rarely is someone always depressed, or always empty, or always without energy, or always suicidal. If you (or the person you’re helping) explores exceptions... Read more
The Dog Ate It
When clients don't do their homeworkHow to get clients to do their homework assignments Read more