Sage-Tips

How do you deal with a clingy client?

4 Tips for Handling Needy Clients

1. Establish communications preferences and response expectations from the start.
2. Explain the difference between “urgent” and “non-urgent” situations.
3. Set a precedent to reinforce the boundaries you’ve set.
4. Be selective about who you accept as clients.

Why is the relationship between the therapist and client important?

A productive therapy relationship will allow the client to feel safe and understood in order to progress towards a satisfactory resolution, completely on the client’s own terms. When a client feels safe, they will feel more comfortable and willing to open up in order to express deep-rooted feelings and issues.

Do therapists love their clients?

You can love your therapist platonically, and they may even feel that way too. In fact, it is said that over 80\% of therapists have had some form of attraction towards their clients at least once in their career.

What is a needy client?

The needy client is following up with you constantly, from the time you begin working together to the time the project is done (and sometimes thereafter). She demands an update every day, even if no progress has been made, and causes your phone to ring off the hook.

How do you tell a client they call too much?

I’d say something like this: “I want to talk about the best way for you to reach me when you need me. Because I have multiple clients, I’m not typically available for ad hoc phone calls throughout the day — but I’m glad to make time for them when we can schedule them in advance.

What is the therapist client relationship?

The therapeutic relationship is the connection and relationship developed between the therapist and client over time. Therapy allows clients the chance to explore their relational attachments, bonds and experiences through their relationship with their therapist, which is why this relationship is so important.

Do you not like your therapy clients?

Monitor on Psychology, 40 (2). http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/02/clients Although therapists might not like to admit it, there are times when you don’t click with particular clients—or worse, you just don’t like them. Perhaps the person is overly critical or negative, or you find your personalities are not a good match.

Is your client resistant to therapy?

If the client is still suffering from those symptoms after years of therapies and therapists, we may feel the client is resistant to our help; yet, as we know, holding onto her anxiety and hypervigilance makes perfect sense as the best way to avoid being abused again.

How should you refer a client to another therapist?

Be careful to refer the client in a way that is not damaging to the patient. “The right way is to acknowledge that you’re having trouble giving them the therapy that you think they need,” says Carter.

How important is the therapist-client relationship?

She and other experts stress that the stronger the therapist-client relationship, the better the outcome of therapy is likely to be.