May/June 2013
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Tough Customers
Is it Them or Us?
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Editor's Note
There are some clients who yell at us, manipulate us, go broodingly silent on us, have uncontrollable emotional breakdowns in session, disappear for weeks at a time, ignore our advice, and later blame us when their lives don’t improve. The normal rules of genteel reciprocity, so willingly respected by our “nice” clients, are routinely trashed by these “tough customers.” What do we do?
Is Resistance Dead?
Or Have the Rumors Been Exaggerated?
When Therapy Is Going Nowhere
Escaping the “Groundhog Day” Cycle
Depathologizing The Borderline Client
Learning to Manage Our Fears
Breaking The Spell
7 Questions to Ask When Therapy is Stuck
Extra Feature
On With The Show
Celebrating the Craft at Symposium