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How would you deal with a difficult client in therapy?
Here’s advice from practitioners who have eased stressful encounters with their clients:
- Calm yourself.
- Express empathy.
- Reframe resistance.
- Cultivate patience.
- Seek support from your peers.
- Consider terminating the relationship.
When can a therapist fire a client?
(a) Psychologists terminate therapy when it becomes reasonably clear that the client/patient no longer needs the service, is not likely to benefit, or is being harmed by continued service.
Is it alright to be really angry at your client what should you do if that happens?
If it seems as though you’re often feeling anger toward a particular client, it’s important to check your counter-transference toward the client, seek consultation, and perhaps—as a last resort—refer him to another professional, she says. Discuss your emotional reaction with the client.
Should a therapist yell at you?
Therapists may sometimes need to confront problematic behaviors or hold reasonable expectations regarding behavior of the person in therapy. However, your therapist should not be yelling at you in demeaning or belittling ways, or ways that feel frightening or upsetting.
Does therapy affect your relationship with your clients?
Some people certainly think that it does, but therapists are trained not to view their relationships with clients in such a way.
Are clients friends with their therapists?
Clients often develop a close relationship with therapists. After all, during therapy sessions they sit in a room discussing very personal subjects, but does this make patients and therapists friends? Some people certainly think that it does, but therapists are trained not to view their relationships with clients in such a way.
Is it unethical for a therapist to have a dual relationship?
It is also unethical for a therapist to have a sexual relationship with a client. One of the difficulties with dual relationships is that a problem in one relationship, such as a friendship or a sexual relationship, can then cause problems in the therapy relationship.
Is it okay for a therapist to flirt with a client?
“It is never okay for a therapist to flirt or make a move on a client due to the nature of the relationship,” she adds. “As a client you put your trust and vulnerability into a professional, and them acting on that would be violating you and their ethics.”