Edge of the Couch Q&A: Big Questions Answered
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Jun 7, 2023 Live Q&A highlights include how to help clients sit with difficult emotions and what to do when they want answers but reject offered tools. They unpack therapist-client power dynamics and strategies for building self-esteem through embodiment and relational work. Practical considerations about privacy and interruptions during virtual sessions also come up.
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Stop Piling On Tools And Explore The Process
- If clients demand solutions but reject tools, pause offering more and shift to process work to explore why they're rejecting help.
- Jordan recommends psychoeducation and then asking what's happening between wanting change and refusing practice to uncover deeper barriers.
Too Many Tools Can Mask Resistance
- Repeatedly offering new tools can become a looping trap that avoids the real therapeutic issue: resistance or relational dynamics.
- Allison highlights that batting away suggestions often signals a bigger clinical piece worth exploring instead of more techniques.
Slow Down And Use Intentional Pauses
- To help clients sit with hard emotions, slow down and use present-tense invitations like "How is this feeling right now?" and deliberate silences.
- Jordan suggests pregnant pauses when the client shows connection, using presence rather than rapid questioning.