Therapy With Coerced and Reluctant Clients

Author: Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky PhDPublisher: American Psychological AssociationHardcover:ISBN 10: 1433808706ISBN 13: 978-1433808708Stanley L. Brodsky demonstrates how therapists can tailor their interventions to avoid impasses, build a firm alliance with the coerced and reluctant client, and help him or her develop more productive behaviors. Through the use of case material, the author demonstrates that interacting creatively with reluctant clients can lead to significant breakthroughs. The provocative ideas in this book will be welcomed by therapists and counselors who work with offenders, probationers, involuntarily committed patients and, more broadly, other clients who fail to make progress. Review Dr. Brodsky, At the end of your book you invited readers to give feedback. I was recently hired to teach Child Custody Evaluations for the PsyD program at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, CA. The program director asked that, in