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Jun 2024
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Working with Clients who are "Too Emotio...

Jordan Pickell and Alison McCleary
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Now, we don’t believe that clients can be “too emotional” but many clients come to therapy with narratives around emotion that may make them feel that they are being too much when they are emotional in session - crying is a weakness, anger is a bad emotion, I’m a cry baby, stoicism is best etc. As clinicians we have to sit with the full spectrum of emotional ... Show More
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