Individual Counseling
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Michael Schreiner | October 24, 2014
Complicated Therapeutic Relationship
The paradox of the professional therapeutic relationship is that in order for it to be effective there has...
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Michael Schreiner | September 22, 2014
Increased Insight Has Its Own Drawbacks
The entire therapeutic endeavor is based upon the belief that increased insight is a good thing, that becoming...
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Michael Schreiner | September 10, 2014
Changes In Perception During Counseling
I had a friend recently ask me if there were any commonalities in how clients perceive counseling sessions...
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Michael Schreiner | September 3, 2014
Personal Revelations Take Time For Others To See
What happens to a lot of people is that they have some profound insights, some life changing revelations...
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Michael Schreiner | August 29, 2014
Helpers Need Help Too
If you’ve chosen a career as a helper it’s easy to forget that helpers need help too, but...
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Michael Schreiner | August 20, 2014
Trust Your Own Insight
“It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences...
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Michael Schreiner | August 19, 2014
You Are Special
In my experience two aspects of the counseling relationship that start to eat away at clients when they...
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Michael Schreiner | August 13, 2014
Growth Takes Time
A lot of people schedule their first counseling session with unrealistic expectations. They have a question and expect...
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Michael Schreiner | August 6, 2014
Past Is Only Useful As It Relates to Present Functioning
A trap some therapists and their clients fall into that mirrors a trap many people fall into in...
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Michael Schreiner | August 1, 2014
Care With Labels
The fact that these days people receive a diagnostic label they must carry around for the rest of...