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Peer reviewedMahrer, Alvin R.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Proposes three ways in which counselors may be seen as contributing to client resistance: counselor wants client to be and to behave in counselor-imposed ways; counselor actively constructs complementary role that client is to fulfill; and counselor maintains entrenched belief in truth of "client resistance." Suggests strategies to help…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role
