Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What If the Therapist ... Is Also the Jailer?
Submitted by Mike Ashton
- 31 May 2017
A cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. In an extreme form, the title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff who may also be (seen as) working for authorities whose main role is to control or punish the ‘client’ or who may be threatening to remove their children. Explores whether exceptional abilities are needed to forge productive therapeutic relationships in these situations, and invites you to ‘stress test’ a proposed universal rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters.