Month: December 2018
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ISTDP with violent offenders
“I´m working with men who batter their wives and am trying to motivate perpetrators to change their behavior and to seek therapy. I am trying to create a brief intervention method (no more than 15 minutes) that social workers, police and others can use to assess and motivate batterers to seek treatment. Motivational Interviewing is…
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My supervisor doubted whether I should be a therapist!
“Dear Jon, My past supervisor doubted whether I should do therapy. Now as I begin a new placement, I doubt myself and I’m afraid of how I will make mistakes and that I will become anxious with patients. What if I stutter to death? What if I mess up?” All of us have had doubters…