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- Title
Pitfalls in Counseling Alcoholic Clients.
- Authors
Forman, Stuart I.
- Abstract
Counseling alcoholic clients is a difficult problem for even the most seasoned counselor. Clients' abilities to use denial and manipulation demand a parallel counselor ability to identify dynamics properly, to deal with defenses, and to provide empathetic support while remaining emotionally noninvested. The unique dynamics of alcoholism demand that the counselor develop unique and innovative strategies within the counseling relation, literally to save the life of the client.
- Subjects
ALCOHOLISM counseling; PEOPLE with alcoholism; COUNSELOR-client relationship
- Publication
Personnel & Guidance Journal, 1979, Vol 57, Issue 10, p546
- ISSN
0031-5737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.2164-4918.1979.tb05464.x