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Counsellors are human too… what goes on inside their heads can make the difference between chatting with your best mate… and chatting with a good counsellor.
Some counsellors refer to the stuff going on in our heads as “Counter-Transference” or “Projective Identification“. It means that our minds (and our bodies) are listening and responding to the client… in addition to what our ears are taking in. If we use this additional information well, it can make the difference between a client working with an ordinary counsellor… and a really effective one.
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The Impossibility of Knowing: Dilemmas of a PsychotherapistThis is a book that assembles and integrates Jackie Gerrard's clinical work and thinking over the many years of her working life. Part I focuses on pa... Read More >
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The Wounded Healer: Counter-Transference from a Jungian Perspective (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)David Sedgwick breaks new ground in using detailed case histories of transference and countertransference to reveal the complexity of the analytic process.
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Someone new to counselling might be afraid that they'll be diagnosed with a mental illness. This FAQ explains how counsellors and psychotherapists are not psychiatrists and fears of counselling don't need to keep you away if you might like to work through some emotional or cognitive matters that you feel may be holding you back. -
Telling the Client what they Don’t want to Hear.
When I listen to a client tell their story, I'm not just listening to the words. I'm also listening to my internal responses: to how my emotions are reacting, to if my body is responding. I'm "listening" to how everything that is me is receiving the client's story. As a psychodynamic counsellor, I'm paying attention to my counter-transference. -
FAQ: "I want to Complain about my Counsellor".
Problems occur from time to time between therapist and client - and sometimes this is where the real counselling work happens. But sometimes the problem is something that the client cannot work through and, instead, wishes to complain to someone about. This article summarises how you might raise a complaint about your counsellor.
About Dean Richardson
Dean Richardson is a professional, male counsellor, registered and accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. His Portsmouth practice (offers therapies to individuals, couples & groups (read more about Dean…).Related Reading:
The Impossibility of Knowing: Dilemmas of a PsychotherapistThis is a book that assembles and integrates Jackie Gerrard's clinical work and thinking over the many years of her working life. Part I focuses on pa... Read More >
Reconnect to your Core: A practical guide on how to feel good and be happy.Learn how your brain works so you can overcome anxiety and depression and live with confidence and energy.Many people live their liv... Read More >
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A ReferenceThis comprehensive reference to Dr. Habib Davanloo's Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) defines all of the important terms in ISTDP, p... Read More >
Reaching Through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy TechniquesAbout half of all psychotherapy clients have little to no response or can even worsen in treatment. Why? They unknowingly use treatment-defeating beha... Read More >
The Wounded Healer: Counter-Transference from a Jungian Perspective (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)David Sedgwick breaks new ground in using detailed case histories of transference and countertransference to reveal the complexity of the analytic process.
