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Q1) You notice that a client has started to withdraw and engage in some “Yes, but...” behaviors. What are some strategies you could use to help reengage this client?
Q2) Read and complete the “Challenging Practice Session.” What did you discover during the practice session? What did you learn about yourself as a new counselor to be?
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Strategies of re-engaging a client who intends to withdraw from a counseling session and
challenging sessions
Generally during therapy sessions when clients feel that the counselor is not effective in
addressing their problems or when the counselor is very judgmental and asks many irrelevant
questions they will not feel safe and comfortable which may make the desire to withdraw from
the therapy session and seek help elsewhere.
Strategies that can help in re-engaging a client who wants to withdraw during the
counseling session
The following are the strategies to use in order to re-engage a client who opts to withdraw
from the counseling session:
Avoid asking many unnecessary questions
As a counselor you should limit or avoid asking your client many questions, this is
because questions may remind the client of his or her previous encounter with interrogators like
the judiciary, police officers and other law enforcing officers and therefore will remind him or
her of worst moments in the past. Therapists should not only base their counseling sessions on
only on questions (Brodsky and Lichtenstein, 1999).
Avoid being so judgmental
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A professional counselor should not be judgmental, he should give his or her client time
to explain themselves before making their conclusions. This will improve clients’ comfort and
hence increase their cooperation.
Practice empathy
When you realize that your client’s commitment during the counseling session is
reducing as a counselor you should be more empathic, this will enable you to deeply understand
your client’s problems. This will help you in re-engaging your client because the client will feel
understood and cared for therefore they will not withdraw from the counseling session.
Avoid insight
When trying to find out how an offense occurred, an insight is a waste of time and
insufficient (Salter, 1988). Your question should be “how did you offend” instead of “why did
you offend.”
Motivate your client
You should motive your clients by makin...
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