Resistance--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.
- ISBN10 0898620449
- ISBN13 9780898620443
- Publish Date 25 December 1983
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 259
- Language English