Expectations are one of the common factors of clinical work, especially therapy. What do our skills around expectation management look like?

What kind of atmosphere do you help create for your client? Let’s brush up on this together.

How does your client explain their problem? How do they expect the work you do together will help? Let’s explore expectations together.

Building therapeutic alliance across a range of clients, expressing professional self-doubt, utilizing interpersonal skills, and practicing your skills…all improve the therapist effect.

Let’s get on the same page as our clients! What do they want? What do we want for them? Are they the same things?

Our ability to adapt our approach to our client’s culture will improve the outcomes of our work together.

I’m looking forward to this month’s topic. I’ve been thinking of it so much in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the ways white supremacy shows up in my work as a social worker and clinical supervisor. And gosh, it sure shows up a lot…

For January all of our clinical supervision sessions will be centered around learning about the Common Factors and goal consensus and collaboration. Being on the same page as your client starts with knowing what they identify as the problem, and what they believe will be the solution. From there, you brainstorm, explore, and negotiate until you’re both ready to start the work together.