The piquing of curiosity may be an underrated yet powerful strategy in therapy. Curiosity, a kind of open-minded expectancy, can align clients to therapeutic improvement and actually drive them toward that improvement. So how can we recruit the power of curiosity to facilitate change?
Client Motivation Articles by Mark Tyrrell
Just as a sail boat needs the wind for propulsion so too our clients need to be driven to move towards their goals. We can help maximise client motivation as part of therapy and there are many effective ways to do that. When we motivate clients, either giving them a new reason to move foward or helping maximise the drive they already posess, we suddenly have a much easier client to work with. I wrote these articles as a way of offering ideas as to how to do just that.
How to Turn a Miserable Client Into a Motivated One
People sometimes reach the point where the future ain’t what it used to be. And if the life ahead doesn’t seem to contain what they’d assumed they’d need to be fulfilled, it suddenly seems there is no real future at all. Here I give you four ways to help clients build a sense of a […]
How to Empower Your Therapy Clients
Not speaking our mind, not being assertive or ‘real’ with people, has consequences when it comes to our sense of empowerment. When we are authentic we can better meet our real needs, and others’ too. So how might we help clients feel more authentic and therefore more empowered and happier?
What is a Healthy Personality?
When we treat clients, we’re not seeking to change their personality. But we are seeking to help them adapt and modify troublesome personality traits. Personality can, and perhaps inevitably does, change through experience. But what exactly should we be aiming for?
How to Keep Your Therapy Client on Track
We practitioners need to know where the therapy is going. This means being aware of the ‘signposts’ on the way to therapeutic success. So how can we best monitor and ratify?
How to Help Your Clients Cultivate Wellbeing in Everyday Life
Mental wellbeing is, of course, the primary focus of concern for people prone to depression and anxiety. But ultimately it’s vital for all of us. Here are just a few ideas for cultivating wellbeing day to day, to help us feel more able to cope and, dare I say it, even enjoy life in these […]
How to Work With Different Client Personality Types
We can, and even must, use a person’s character and personality to help them thrive. Here are three ways to help you see your client clearly so you can work with them effectively.
3 Simple Steps for Improving Your Clients’ Sports Performance
At 19, kickboxer Sean was told by doctors he’d never fight again. Of course, he didn’t listen…
Uncommon Knowledge’s Explainer Videos
Relationship insecurity, public speaking fear, hypnosis, and depression explained with these 90-second explainer videos.
3 Ways to Communicate Client Responsibility in Therapy
Some clients can adopt a deep passivity about their lives, expecting and waiting for things to be done to and done for them.
