Therapist Obstacles to Facilitating Committed Action with PTSD
Booz Allen
Department of Veterans Affairs
Yale University
University of Nevada, Reno
Key Points
- Therapists can get in the way of progress with committed actions.
- The therapist should practice their own self-awareness.
- The therapist should consider that there are variables on the therapist’s side that contribute to obstacles.
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In addition to client obstacles to working effectively on committed action, therapist barriers can also get in the way of a focused effort at commitment.
In this video, I’ll explore several potential therapist barriers starting with what I’ll call sticky thoughts. If you, as the therapist, find yourself having any of these types of thinking, I recommend that you use that as an opportunity to explore how your own fusion may be contributing to obstacles to the client moving forward. For example, have you ever found yourself having some of these thoughts at a time where you know it would probably be useful to be challenging the person in some way to continue moving forward?
Moran, D. J., Bach, P. A., & Batten, S. V. (2018). Committed action in practice: A clinician’s guide to assessing, planning, and supporting change in your client. New Harbinger Publications.
For example, “She’s already dealing with enough right now without me adding more for her to work on.” Or, “I know he probably wouldn’t follow through anyway.” Or, “This is so uncomfortable.” Or, “We talk about the same thing every week, and she just refuses to do anything about it.”
Moran, D. J., Bach, P. A., & Batten, S. V. (2018). Committed action in practice: A clinician’s guide to assessing, planning, and supporting change in your client. New Harbinger Publications.
