Dropping the Rope: A Clinician's Skill-Building Workbook of Strategies for the Effective Management of Difficult Clients

by Mitch Abblett

Dropping the Rope is a guidebook for personal exploration and skill development for clinicians looking to fully expand their work with difficult
populations, and with any client where the “charge” of moment-to-moment interaction in session is challenging to tolerate, let alone use as a tool for
change. With well-organized chapters, thoughtfully designed exercises, self-assessments, and skill development activities, Dropping the Rope helps
clinicians learn to understand their own role in therapeutic interactions, as well as how to best manage countertransference reactions and proactively respond to “difficult” client behavior in a way that improves the prospects for successful treatment. This workbook provides a valuable starting point for clinicians interested in the longer journey of professional development in the area of therapeutic relationship management. Few resources are available providing the same scope of self-training material in one engaging, accessible format.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2012