Meeting Client Resistance and Reactance With Reverence

✍ Scribed by Eric W. Cowan; Jack H. Presbury

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb01924.x

✦ Synopsis

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.