Dropping the Rope: A Clinician's Skill-Building Workbook of Strategies for Effective Management of Difficult Clients

Dropping the Rope is a guidebook for personal exploration and skill development for clinicians looking to fully expand their work with difficult populations, and with any client where the “charge” of moment-to-moment interaction in session is challenging to tolerate, let alone use as a tool for change. With well-organized chapters, thoughtfully designed exercises, self-assessments, and skill development activities, Dropping the Rope helps clinicians learn to how to best manage reactions and proactively respond to “difficult” client behavior in a way that improves the prospects for successful treatment.