First Key Factor: THE RELATIONSHIP This is the first post in five-part series: Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. The core of how therapy can help is the relationship between the client and the therapist. It has many aspects in common with any authentic relationship. One key difference is that the therapeutic relationship […]
Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps
Second Key Factor of Therapy: Assessment
This post is the 2nd post in my blog series Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. A good assessment from an objective person is an essential factor in how therapy can help. Let me say first that I am never the expert of a client. My clients are experts of themselves. My expertise […]
Third Key Factor: What Goes on in Therapy
This post is the 3rd post in my blog series Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. People who have not been in therapy before naturally wonder, “What goes on in therapy?” I try to put clients at ease to feel safe enough to talk freely about their thoughts and feelings. I hope to create […]
Fourth Key Factor: How I help clients tell their stories
The Hardest Things to Say There is a universal need to have ones story told. A key component of how I do therapy is to help clients tell their stories and for them to know that I have heard them. Once they find their voice, clients can tell their story to those in their life […]
Fifth Key Factor: Try This at Home
This post is the final post in my blog series Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. TRY THIS AT HOME. Therapy will often quite naturally stimulate people to apply what they’re learning about themselves between sessions. People also frequently have insights between sessions, and some will write them down. But sometimes, particularly during periods […]