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Old Apr 15, 2010, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BohemianPrincess View Post
One more thing on that last type of client you mentioned, there is probably an underlying reason why the problem keeps coming back up and why they dont want to try anything.
maybe so but we cant help them if they don't let us know what is going on. example can you go into a store and stand in front of customer service and they read your mind and know what your problem is and how to help you. no.

therapy is the same way therapists are not mind readers and we cant force someone to do the work, we cant force someone to want to change, we cant force someone to tell us why they are refusing to work on the goals and suggestions that they them selves have helped come up with.

All we can do have them be a part of their goal setting and therapy process of setting things up and if they don't put any effort into things then theres nothing we can do but transfer them to someone else and move on to the next person who may actually want to fix their problems, may actually want to make changes in their lives.