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Part 2: Resistance in Psychotherapy

Session #: 710-504
Presenter(s): Clifton Mitchell
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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You know you're facing resistance in a client when he/she invariably makes you feel insecure, incompetent, frustrated, hopeless, stressed, and burned out. But you've got to do something, since therapy won't go anywhere unless you manage or alleviate the resistance. In this fast-paced, highly practical workshop, we'll explore a cornucopia of innovative approaches and ideas--applicable to a wide array of clients, problems, and theoretical approaches--that prevent, avoid, and resolve resistance. You'll learn innovative techniques that use the inherent power of language to circumvent the resistance of the client who always responds with "Yes, but . . . ," or "I don't know." We'll cover the most common resistance-fostering errors therapists make, the pitfalls of over-questioning, ways to overcome resistance by honoring it, how to deal with silence. We'll also discuss how to set up goals that resistant clients can't resist and explore the secret meanings of resistance. (This session will continue with Workshop 504.)

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