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Nov 18, 2020
3 min

Common Therapist Mistakes: Part 12 Assuming That Your Client Wants To Change

We've all experienced it. Those clients that ask for help and then don't change despite our best efforts. It is very frustrating for bot...

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Common Therapist Mistakes - Part 11: Resisting Resistance

Linda Buchanan

Jul 30, 2020
5 min

Common Therapist Mistakes - Part 11: Resisting Resistance

How to address your clients' resistance to change. Do you resist resistance. If so, you may find yourself in uncomfortable power struggles.

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From Change Your Story - Change Your Life: Did Anyone Ever Gag you? Take it Off!

Linda Buchanan

Jul 5, 2020
3 min

From Change Your Story - Change Your Life: Did Anyone Ever Gag you? Take it Off!

Have you ever felt gagged. What can you do with a gag? Keep wearing it or take it off! How to stop gagging yourself to be yourself.

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From One Therapist to Another: To Return or Not to Return

Linda Buchanan

Jun 2, 2020
5 min

From One Therapist to Another: To Return or Not to Return

Strategies for working through ambivalence about returning to brick and mortar therapy offices.

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