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Dec 16, 2019
2 min

From One Therapist to Another: Do You Talk Too Much?

Being sensitive can enhance our effectiveness as a therapist but it can also enhance a need to be understood leading to being too talkative

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From One Therapist to Another - Potential Hazards in Individual Therapy: Part 2

Linda Buchanan

Nov 18, 2019
5 min

From One Therapist to Another - Potential Hazards in Individual Therapy: Part 2

When clients talk about people who are not in the room, a false narrative may be operating. This can be lead us down the wrong path.

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From One Therapist to Another: Should we Tell our Clients What we Hope They Will See?

Linda Buchanan

Oct 9, 2019
4 min

From One Therapist to Another: Should we Tell our Clients What we Hope They Will See?

How do therapists show people where to look without telling them what to see? help them see their ambivalence rather than give suggestions.

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Linda Buchanan

Aug 2, 2019
4 min

From One Therapist to Another

One of the most uncomfortable feelings I've had in conducting psychotherapy is finding myself in a power struggle with a client.

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