Getting Unstuck

Practical Guidance for Counselors: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

By: Jon Winder

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Paperback | 15 March 2017 | Edition Number 2

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316 Pages

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A therapist’s worst nightmare is to get caught in the situation of not knowing how to help a client. However, counseling is the art of knowing how to respond to therapeutic situations and dilemmas and not a matter of having all the answers. This accessible and practical book, based on the author’s 40 years of clinical experience, offers counselors from the student to the seasoned therapist ways to respond using over 100 unique strategies, interventions, and examples for overcoming therapeutic dilemmas, such as uncooperative clients, overwhelming problems, and damaged therapeutic relationships. Readers will learn about some of the newest therapeutic discoveries in psychotherapy as well as answers to specific difficulties submitted by other therapists. The reader is challenged to become a co-creator of change with the client opening the doors of self-discovery that turn counseling into an adventure and opportunity for personal growth for both client and counselor. This is an excellent book to use in counselor supervision giving aspiring counselors answers to many perplexing situations.

You will learn:

A new approach to conceptualizing the process of therapy
Ways to enhance the therapeutic relationship
Establishing protocols to overcome common dilemmas
How to identify and maximize clients' strengths
10 Characteristics of difficult clients
Therapeutic qualities every therapist should have
12 Solutions for working with difficult clients
How to create solutions to unsolvable problems
Ways to create hope in "hopeless situations"
How mindfulness in therapy can overcome therapeutic challenges
How to expand your therapeutic tool kit.
Rethinking the idea of therapeutic resistance

With this highly readable book filled with down-to-earth advice and linked with consciousness and compassion, you will never be stuck again.

Industry Reviews

"One of the most frustrating situations in psychotherapy is what to do when you don’t know what to do. Jon Winder’s Getting Unstuck, which is based on his 40 years of experience, guides the reader through techniques, interventions, and perspectives that ensure you will build your professional and personal confidence so you will likely never get stuck again.” -Bill O’Hanlon, author of Change 101 and Do One Thing Different

Unstuck will guide you through tough therapeutic dilemmas and help your clients on the way! No matter what your theoretical approach or level of experience, this book will improve your clinical confidence and professional expertise. Highly readable and filled with heart. Clifton Mitchell, Ph.D., Author, Effective Techniques for Dealing with Highly Resistant Clients

I love it. Every therapist has faced those moments of not knowing how to proceed with a client whose problems or personality seem daunting. Winder, from mny years of counseling experience, has put together a wonderful compendium of stories and strategies for dealing with just these situations. In addition to a trove of practical advice, his book is full of compassion, heart and wisdom from a seasoned counselor— a great reference book for any therapist's bookshelf. — Joe Kort, Ph.D., CST, author

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