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Clinical

Setting the Therapeutic Stage: The Initial Sessions

Pages 4-10
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article addresses the question of what we teach our clients – directly and indirectly – about the nature of psychotherapeutic work through the process of the initial interview(s). Three central purposes for the initial interview are discussed: engaging the client in a mutual collaboration, establishing the therapeutic canon, and giving equal attention to assessing a client's strengths/competencies and difficulties. Notes on the clinical supervision of the initial interview are also included.

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William F. Cornell

William F. Cornell, M.A., is a Certified Teaching Member in ITAA and conducts a private practice in therapy and training in Gibsonia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 

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