Ask Kati Anything #75 "What if you had a client who did very bad or shameful things?"
Aug 17, 2021
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Ask Kati Anything episode 75
- What is/are the most common things where a client thinks they're the "only one", but really a therapist hears it ALL the time. What might be the most surprising?
- How do you handle a client that appears to be really struggling at the very end of a session? As in about to burst into tears and very obviously just trying to hold everything together (but unsuccessfully)?
- Why do I find the thought of my therapist comforting or feeling empathy for me so soothing yet so uncomfortable? I'm not sure about it being attached to her.
- Is there any "real" therapy work in the beginning/ when the client comes in every session with a whole bag of stories...
- What if you had clients who did very bad things or shameful things? Should they mask it when they go to therapy or just say everything into the DETAIL?
- How do I be okay with being myself in therapy? I have social anxiety, so I always have trouble talking in session, even answering simple questions is hard. But last session, I was able to open up more than ever before and just be myself like...
- What does a therapist have in place for their clients in case something happens to them (the therapist)? For example, a therapist dies or has a sudden emergency where they have to quit therapy? Do they have confidential information that is...
- I’m wondering after a patient ends therapy how long do you keep their notes? What if they come back after that time?
- Is it possible to have "symptoms" that aren't really symptoms? I feel like I am now hyper analyzing everything I do thinking that maybe it's a symptom but I wonder if...
- I recently set up an appt with my therapist after a year of not seeing her. I’m a frontline healthcare worker and the burnout is real. I’ve been struggling with postpartum anxiety...
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