34 min
Work Harder Than Your Clients The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
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- Alternative Health
Work Harder Than Your Clients
Curt and Katie chat about why and when you should ignore the advice to “not work harder than your clients.” We look at bias in goal-setting, managing risk, focusing on the client’s needs, and the importance of continuing education as well as on-going work outside of session.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
In this episode we talk about:
The adage that you shouldn’t work harder than your clients
The concern that it gives permission to be lazy.
The importance of working hard as a therapist
Simplification of the concept of being more invested in the outcome than the client
Bad therapy practices – bias, lack of client determination, focusing on traditional treatment outcomes, investment in a specific outcome that may or may not align with clients’ values
Be present with your client on purpose, working hard
Deliberate practice versus complacency
Preparing for the situations that may come up, not just one specific concern
The “how” of therapy – looking at language, understanding, and relationship with the client
Consultation, self-assessment, case formulation
Better understanding of what the true workload is compared to your caseload
What you shouldn’t be doing to work harder within session
The business implications of working harder
Dismantling the truisms and oversimplified statements that get passed around
Clinical situations that require you to work harder than the clients
Working harder than a check box (clinical implications rather than liability check box)
Self-management – understanding why you’re doing what you’re doing
Questions to consider when looking at your efforts
Collaborative treatment planning (both overt and covert)
The impact of doing anti-racist work with clients who are not ready for it
The importance of identifying whose goal is being pursued in the room
The benefits of supervision and consultation
How to set covert goals, looking at work outside of session and timing
Dismantling assumptions and meeting clients where they are
The harder work we have to do is the work we need to do on ourselves
Responding to clients with curiosity, professionality, comfort, and authenticity
Work Harder Than Your Clients
Curt and Katie chat about why and when you should ignore the advice to “not work harder than your clients.” We look at bias in goal-setting, managing risk, focusing on the client’s needs, and the importance of continuing education as well as on-going work outside of session.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
In this episode we talk about:
The adage that you shouldn’t work harder than your clients
The concern that it gives permission to be lazy.
The importance of working hard as a therapist
Simplification of the concept of being more invested in the outcome than the client
Bad therapy practices – bias, lack of client determination, focusing on traditional treatment outcomes, investment in a specific outcome that may or may not align with clients’ values
Be present with your client on purpose, working hard
Deliberate practice versus complacency
Preparing for the situations that may come up, not just one specific concern
The “how” of therapy – looking at language, understanding, and relationship with the client
Consultation, self-assessment, case formulation
Better understanding of what the true workload is compared to your caseload
What you shouldn’t be doing to work harder within session
The business implications of working harder
Dismantling the truisms and oversimplified statements that get passed around
Clinical situations that require you to work harder than the clients
Working harder than a check box (clinical implications rather than liability check box)
Self-management – understanding why you’re doing what you’re doing
Questions to consider when looking at your efforts
Collaborative treatment planning (both overt and covert)
The impact of doing anti-racist work with clients who are not ready for it
The importance of identifying whose goal is being pursued in the room
The benefits of supervision and consultation
How to set covert goals, looking at work outside of session and timing
Dismantling assumptions and meeting clients where they are
The harder work we have to do is the work we need to do on ourselves
Responding to clients with curiosity, professionality, comfort, and authenticity
34 min