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Husband & Wife in Therapy

QUESTION #1 Gerald R. Weeks and Stephen R. Treat (2001) outline three general problems the therapist may encounter in starting the therapeutic process with couples (pp. 20-32): unrealistic expectations, boundary issues, and generally inaccurate expectations of the therapeutic process. All three appear to be common challenges to starting therapy off on the right foot.

When I first started to learn about therapy, I shared the first specific expectation (p. 21), that the therapistÆs job was to tell clients what to do. I found this a daunting personal responsibility, this expectation that I would need to ôplay Godö and come up with answers for all kinds of problems.

Instead, during this course in particular, I have come to recognize that therapy is about guiding the client to insights and deeper personal understanding. I will also gain insight and learn more about how human beings think and react, but that is not the point of the work I will be doing. The sooner I am able to make this clear to my clients, the sooner we will be abl eto begin meaningful work.

I have also been concerned about some of the boundary issues that Weeks and Treat outline, especially regarding payment for sessions. I realize that I have my own issues about money, and I was especially interested to read Weeks and TreatÆs (2001) observation that ôthe dynamics of guilt and obligation can be manipulatedö when payment is not handled appropriately (p. 27).

Clients who are new to the therapeutic process are likely to be unfamiliar and perhaps uncomfortable with the concept of paying for services; for that matter, clients who have been in therapy before may have already established inappropriate habits. I will need to be especially clear at the start of therapy about what I expect in terms of payment, when I expect to be paid, and what specific procedures clients must follow if they wish to change these arrangements. Paying for therapy is par...

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