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Most of us in the caregiving field have had the experience of working with a particularly challenging client and wondering if he or she would be better served by someone with a different sort of training. Wicks & Rodgerson (1998) write that “a vital part of being a caregiver is to know when we are […]
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A female Latino client visits a counselor for an initial session. She asks direct questions about a specific dilemma and details her plans to seek additional input from her doctor, priest and godparents. The client thanks the therapist, leaves and does not return. Many counselors might consider this a failure. But according to Esteban Montilla, […]
READ ARTICLEWhen Rebecca Sears started presenting on Imago Relationship Therapy in St. Petersburg, Russia, five years ago, she assumed her translator knew what she meant when she said counseling could help couples “connect.” Soon, however, the confused faces of her students hinted that something wasn’t quite making the transition from English to Russian. “I eventually found […]
READ ARTICLEDenny and Lisa Ceizyk of Oro Valley, Ariz., benefited from the encouragement of caring counselors, doctors and retreat leaders during their six-year journey through infertility. But the pain caused by one support group session still stands out. A counselor decided to include both primary and secondary infertility patients in the same support group. This meant […]
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