Engaging with difficult topics and emotional experiences in psychotherapy: A study of helpful therapist acts.
Gøril Solberg KleivenAslak HjeltnesEli NatvikChristian MoltuPublished in: Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (2022)
Clients found it was engagement-supportive when therapists implicitly and explicitly recognized the challenges of being in psychotherapy. This recognition could be achieved through the engagement-supportive acts described in the five themes. Therapists should continually make space for and seek a balance between different engagement-supportive acts.