The Four A's of Therapy

In the book, Personalizing Psychotherapy, Norcross and Cooper 2021, they suggest using the four A's when it comes to treatment planning. That is we can adopt, adapt, offer alternatives or suggest another clinician or resource in response to clients strong preferences. If you have a treatment plan and the client can point to what they are objecting to, I think that makes it clearer for everybody. And if you're using a consumer lens, if you're accommodating client preferences and therapy, they're probably going to be happier customers.