Coordinating care with other therapists is an important part of providing good care to clients. However, you must be appropriately guarded.
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Coordinating With Other Therapists: Part One
Best practices dictate that we coordinate care with other mental health care professionals for the benefit of our client. But how do you do this? In these posts, I will provide both suggestions and warnings.
What’s Your Number? Preventing Burnout
We all have a number. Do you know what yours is?
Let’s Talk About Sex! (Or Not). Part II
In this post, I will discuss how to decide when to treat sexual issues and when to refer out.
Let’s Talk About Sex! (Or Not).
What should you do if a client starts talking about sex? This is the first of a series of posts that was written for counselors who haven’t been trained in sex therapy, and as such may lack confidence in knowing how to discuss sexual issues with clients. However, as always, safety first! So, in this […]
Why You Need To Interrupt Clients
You are taught listening and attending skills in graduate school, where the emphasis is on getting the client to talk. But that’s only half of the equation. You also have to know how and when to make them stop.
Social Media Etiquette
Although phone etiquette is important, social media etiquette is even more important. In this post I will cover some do’s and don’t’s of social media:
Good Phone Etiquette
The speed and convenience of technology is wonderful, but we may have lost our manners along the way. In this post, I will discuss how to maintain a professional image by using good phone etiquette.
How To Survive A Boring Lecture
We’ve all been there; having to sit through a lecture or presentation that is beyond boring. In this post, I will provide tips to not just survive these lectures, but to actually get something out of them.
Professionalism In The Therapy Room
Many of the therapists I talk to are struggling to get cash-pay clients in their practice. Yet, I keep hearing horror stories from clients regarding unprofessional behavior of some therapists. Many clients won’t return to a therapist who acts unprofessionally. In this post, I will discuss some of the most common unprofessional therapist behaviors, and […]
