Working with resistant clients can feel like navigating a maze with no clear path forward. This practical workbook guides you through barriers and builds genuine therapeutic connections with even the most challenging clients.
Inside, you’ll find 36 evidence-based tools designed to help psychotherapists engage, motivate, and empower resistant clients. From tailored interventions to strategies for addressing ambivalence and defiance, this workbook offers actionable techniques you can implement immediately.
Whether you’re working with mandated clients or individuals stuck in self-defeating patterns, Helping Resistant Clients equips you with the skills to transform resistance into meaningful progress.
Take the guesswork out of tough sessions and turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
159 pages.
c. 2024
About the author: Angela M. Doel, MS, is a writer and director of publications at Between Sessions Resources. She has served in various clinical supervisory positions and worked as a family therapist. Ms. Doel holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo and earned her MS in counseling psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
