Why Do Clients Come To Therapy

Clients come to therapy for different reasons. Some clients come because they need to talk to an expert about their problems. Others come because the authorities mandated them. These clients are never happy for being forced to see a therapist against their wish. Client who comes to therapy could change, but the willingness and the power to change could be hindered by negative thinking which could be corrected when client come to therapy. Encouraging and motivating clients towards a positive change is the first step towards helping the client change. Brief therapy works by exploring client’s frame of reference and identify those perceptions that clients can use to create more satisfying lives (De Jong and Berg 2002).
An example of a clinical context is a family, where the father was mandated by the
As the therapist, the first step is to ask the client what brought him to counselling. Asking this question is a way to confirm with the client if he wants a change and what he wants from the session. If my client tells me that he came to therapy because he was forced, then it is a difficult one because the client has not identified that he needs to change his behavior towards his son. If the client identifies and accepts to change, it makes therapy go smoothly. Hearing the client talk about the problem is also a way for the therapist to hear the client tell the story of the abuse in his own words, while listening and watching the client’s body language. Keeping in mind that there is violence involved and that the client was forced by authorities to make a change. I will keep in mind to ask the client what the problem is about without digging too deep into the cause of the problem. As the therapist, I will keep in mind the focus of the session, which is setting a goal in