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Relationships Take Work
When I first met them, I couldn’t take my eyes off of them, because it was clear that they were so in love. Ed and Agatha (not their real names) were in their early sixties. Ed is a relative (through marriage) of a relative of…
What to Look for in a Counselor
In our previous post, we talked about what clients can do to contribute to counseling success. So, what about the counselor? In my experience, a counselor should have a healthy balance of likeability and effectiveness. If you don’t like her, you’re probably not going to want…
What Makes Counseling Work?
The single biggest guarantee of counseling success? Client commitment to the therapeutic process. If you have a mediocre counselor–but a heroic commitment to counseling–you can still achieve heroic growth. However, if you have a heroic counselor–but a mediocre commitment to the therapeutic process–your progress will be…