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Clinical Mental Health Counseling NCMHCE®

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The Client Doubts You · L1

Fundamental concept

Choosing the response that meets what the client actually expressed, and repairing the alliance when it strains.

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Scenario

In a third session, the client says: "I don't know why I even bother talking to you. You're just going to tell me what everyone else tells me."

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"I'm not going to do that. Give me a chance and you'll see this is different."
"It sounds like you've been let down before when you've tried to talk about this."
"Something between us doesn't feel right to you today. Can we look at that?"
"What have other people told you?"

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