Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family TherapyResistance--any attitude or behavior of the therapist, patient, or system that resists change--is integral to every therapeutic relationship. Family therapists are all too familiar with challenges to their professional credentials, families' reluctance to convene for treatment, cancellations, rejection of therapy, requests to exclude a family member, and numerous other maneuvers that frustrate therapeutic goals. Mastering Resistance presents concrete, accessible strategies for coping directly with specific, commonly encountered problems of resistance. Moreover, it demonstrates how resistance can effectively be used to foster a stronger therapist-client alliance. |
Contents
Resistance | 1 |
Initial resistances | 39 |
Common Expressions of Resistance | 45 |
Variations on the Theme of Negotiating | 55 |
Common Expressions of Resistance | 62 |
Contractrelated resistances | 76 |
Common Resistances to Contract Formation | 84 |
Resistances to Terminating Contracts | 113 |
Summary | 119 |
Common resistances | 151 |
Resistances produced | 207 |
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