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From: Woody Starkweather
Date: 10/20/01
Time: 7:58:55 AM
Remote Name: 64.12.102.151
Hello Viren:
In my opinion, the client should never be blamed for an unsuccessful treatment. Many clients are simply not ready to confront the issues. Some are trying so hard to be fluent, and have been trying to be fluent for so long, that they cannot see any other way. So, when the clinician asks them to take a therapeutic risk, they can't do it. This is not their fault.
It is the clinician's responsibility to motivate and stimulate the client so that they are as receptive to therapy as they can be. But sometimes, clients are not in a place where this can work. So, I don't think it is helpful to try to find blame for either client or clinician. It is more helpful to try to understand what happened, and what might be done differently.
Woody Starkweather