The trick is to find another reward to replace the one that’s no longer available. For instance, if we’re no longer going to have a cigarette with coffee after dinner, what other reward could we substitute in its place?
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Some members are talkative enough, but others participate minimally and a couple are openly hostile and challenging.
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With ‘coerced’ clients, it’s easy to fall into a little game with the client striving to appear in compliance while covertly doing whatever he wants.
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An agenda refers to the client’s underlying plan or program. Not just what he hopes to accomplish, but the things he’s determined not to do.
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For some clients, particularly those with problems with rules and authority, their experience with boundaries is probably as important as anything that happens in counseling.
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