Re:Resistance and Motivating for change

It sounds like this might be a good time to make sure that you've covered the basics of establishing a collaborative relationship.

Have you identified goals for therapy that the client wants to achieve (and that you're willing to agree to)? Does the client understand that you and she are working towards goals that she wants to accomplish? Does she understand what her role in working towards these goals is?

One time when clients tend to "resist" is when the therapist is pursuing an agenda that the client does not wish to pursue or when the therapist is "too far ahead" of the client.

If you are trying to challenge the client's assumptions before you have identified her automatic thoughts and have addressed them, you are likely to get a lot of resistance because the interventions don't make sense to her and don't seem related to her goals.

You may also want to look at the discussions of resistance and noncompliance posted earlier in this forum.

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