Deane H. Shapiro, Jr., Ph. D.
Client Asks “Who is in control?”: A Relational Vignette for teaching
Johanna’s comment: The questions at the end are excellent. It’s fine to keep my comment, it shows one way of responding to the situation. It’s an interesting scenario and certainly worth putting on your website.
A Relationship Case: Several sessions; my letter to her.
Johanna’s comment: The value of this is seeing the step-by-step more behavioral approach to intervention after her negative experience with psychodynamic psychiatry, Also recommend putting this up. I value your honesty openness in your self-appraisal about how frustrated you were about not knowing how to motivate the client to face the abyss. No wonder! I thought the letter you wrote to her was superb, so empathic, encouraging. It showed you really cared about her and were thinking about her.