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Meeting Client Resistance and Reactance With Reverence
Author(s) -
Cowan Eric W.,
Presbury Jack H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb01924.x
Subject(s) - vignette , reverence , resistance (ecology) , reactance , meaning (existential) , psychology , function (biology) , social psychology , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , ecology , voltage , evolutionary biology , biology , electrical engineering
This article explores the meaning and function of client resistance in the counseling setting from various theoretical orientations. A relational model of resistance is offered that redefines traditional formulations of the concept and has implications for clinical treatment. A clinical vignette illustrates that the counselor's contribution to the emergence of client resistance is a relevant, although often ignored, factor in overcoming therapeutic impasse.