Do therapists get tired?

Therapists play a big role to individuals in recovery. They provide a lot of people with great inspiration. But therapy is not easy, in fact it can be very tiring. Therapists have a very demanding job and because of that, the job can be extremely difficult.

When is a therapist exhausting?

If therapy is draining you, you may notice some of these signs that you need to take a break: You consistently feel misunderstood by your therapist. Going to sessions always leaves you feeling drained. It doesn’t feel like you’re working towards your goals.

Why are we stuck with clients going nowhere in therapy?

Another reason we remain stuck with clients going nowhere in therapy is that most of us keep “progress notes” instead of tracking outcomes. I confess to this habit, especially when it came to a couple I’d been seeing for several years.

What are the most common mistakes you’ve made as a therapist?

The commonest mistake—one I’ve committed myself—is what I call “lurching,” or making a sudden, unannounced shift in how you’re approaching the client. One form of lurching is shifting abruptly from a therapeutic posture of empathic support to one of hard-nosed challenge.

How do you deal with Rude clients in therapy?

Either the client forgives the unexpected rudeness and therapeutic homeostasis is restored, or the therapeutic relationship spirals downhill until the client fires us. Another form of lurching is trying out a different, more dramatic type of therapy without preparing the client.

What happened to the therapist who gave up on the couple?

The therapist, familiar with the current trendiness of traumatology in the field and having just taken an introductory course in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, jumped to initiate two trauma treatment sessions with the husband. Both of these sessions failed, and the therapist gave up on the couple.