The Counselor’s Toolbox: Confrontation that Moves the Conversation Forward
Confrontation is the work of every counselor. We must do it. People can’t change if they can’t see what is wrong, and they can’t see what is wrong if no one helps them to see it. But this task can also be daunting to many of us. Each of us has a personality, which likely lends us to one way of doing the work of confrontation. Some of us with a more boisterous personality may tend to naturally be more direct in the confrontational work, while others of us (myself included) tend to be more timid and apprehensive to directly confront and prefer a more “backdoor” approach. The truth is, wherever you fall in that spectrum, your confrontational style should reflect more about what you are hearing and who you are listening to than it does about your personality. Continue Reading →
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