Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
9 PART ONE: Why Address Client Emotions? CHAPTER 1: Encountering Client Emotions EVERY CLIENT HAS A STORY ROLLERCOASTER END NOTES CHAPTER 2: Choose to Address Client Emotions EXPECT CLIENT EMOTIONS ADDRESS CLIENT EMOTIONS CHAPTER 3: Complicating Factors THE CSI EFFECT FAMILY AND “LIKE FAMILY” RELATIONSHIPS OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCES – ALSO KNOWN AS “FRIENDS” DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND
10 PART TWO: What Emotions Will Be Encountered? CHAPTER 4: Identifying Client Emotions: Emotions You Will Encounter EMOTIONS YOU WILL ENCOUNTER NERVOUSNESS CRYING ANGER AND HOSTILITY EXPECT SWEARING SWEARING CAN LEAD TO HOSTILITY CHAPTER 5: Identifying Client Emotions: Disbelief, Betrayal, Resentment, and Excitement DISBELIEF, BETRAYAL, RESENTMENT, AND EXCITEMENT DISBELIEF AND BETRAYAL RESENTMENT EXCITEMENT EVERYONE HAS A STORY CHAPTER 6: Identifying Client Emotions: Indifference, Depression, and Despair INDIFFERENCE, DEPRESSION, AND DESPAIR DEPRESSION DESPAIR INTOXICATION SAFEGUARDING YOUR CASE END NOTES CHAPTER 7: Suicide COFFEE‐SHOP MEETING HOMICIDE CHAPTER 8: Stages of Grief and Magical Thinking STAGES OF GRIEF MAGICAL THINKING RATIONALIZATION END NOTES
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PART THREE: Client Emotions: Strategies Toward Success
CHAPTER 9: Preparing for Client Emotions
DEVELOP YOUR OWN APPROACH
SET CLIENT EXPECTATIONS
ESTABLISH GROUND RULES
ENSURE YOUR SAFETY
KEEP CLIENTS INFORMED
BE WARY OF YOUR CELL PHONE: SET BOUNDARIES (AND EXPECT THEM TO BE CROSSED)
THE LONGEST TEXTS YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CATHARSIS
CHAPTER 10: Managing Client Emotions
TAKE AN INTEREST IN YOUR CLIENT'S CASE
BE PASSIONATE AND GENUINE
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH
DON'T GET ATTACHED AND DON'T GET PULLED IN
DON'T LET THEM MAKE YOU FEEL BAD
TAKING A PERSONAL INTEREST VERSUS TAKING A CASE PERSONALLY
UNEXPECTED EMOTIONS
EMPATHY VERSUS SYMPATHY
CHAPTER 11: Reacting to Client Emotions
TAKE THEIR CALL (AND THEY WILL CALL, AND CALL, AND CALL)
RESPOND TO EMAILS, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE LENGTHY
LET THE CLIENT VENT
RECOGNIZE THAT CLIENT EMOTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT YOU
REMIND THE CLIENT TO BREATHE
SET A TIME FOR CLIENTS TO LISTEN
RELAX, CLEAR YOUR MIND, DECIDE WHAT TO DO, AND BREATHE …