The Therapist Preparation Summary
Chapter 3 of this reading was about “the therapist’s preparation”. The main ideas of this reading is to pinpoint important considerations about their role as a therapist when they first start their careers. First consideration is making mistakes. We all are humans and we are not protected from making mistakes. As long as those mistakes are picked up with an attempt to fix them, they won’t cause a lasting damage. Being attached to what’s learned in books and techniques is accepted but also therapists should try to learn to also trust their gut feeling, the therapeutic style can be natural and spontaneous but with careful attention to not violate boundaries. The other important point the chapter discussed is being oneself. In order to have strong
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Client’s emotional and physical safety is crucial in order to be able to build good relationship with clients. For example, when working with traumatized patients, it is important to ensure to them that they won’t be physically harmed by you. In some cases when the patient is suicidal or in danger to him/ herself (i.e. anorexia, self-harm…) therapist will need to intervene, client might need to be hospitalized, and there for their sense of physical safety might be violated; however, the attempts to protect clients are important. Emotional safety is another important aspect in the therapeutic relationship. Clients’ might come to therapy with the fear that during the process, negative and traumatic experiences could be “Re-experienced”. The therapist’s role is to provide the client with safety to make the relationship work. Therapists’ can assure clients that no physical or sexual attack will occur, but can’t guarantee for them that therapy will be free emotional pain. Also, clients need to trust that the therapist is able to tolerate hearing and containing the client’s pain and suffering. Finally during the beginning of the treatment, therapist has the role of educating the clients about the therapy process by informed consent, addressing early obstacles for full participation in treatment, and encouraging spontaneous and emotional
Client’s emotional and physical safety is crucial in order to be able to build good relationship with clients. For example, when working with traumatized patients, it is important to ensure to them that they won’t be physically harmed by you. In some cases when the patient is suicidal or in danger to him/ herself (i.e. anorexia, self-harm…) therapist will need to intervene, client might need to be hospitalized, and there for their sense of physical safety might be violated; however, the attempts to protect clients are important. Emotional safety is another important aspect in the therapeutic relationship. Clients’ might come to therapy with the fear that during the process, negative and traumatic experiences could be “Re-experienced”. The therapist’s role is to provide the client with safety to make the relationship work. Therapists’ can assure clients that no physical or sexual attack will occur, but can’t guarantee for them that therapy will be free emotional pain. Also, clients need to trust that the therapist is able to tolerate hearing and containing the client’s pain and suffering. Finally during the beginning of the treatment, therapist has the role of educating the clients about the therapy process by informed consent, addressing early obstacles for full participation in treatment, and encouraging spontaneous and emotional