Couples Therapy Works: Karen and Figs, feeling overextended, share the sweetest and hardest parts of being a couples therapist.
Couples Therapy Works: Karen and Figs, feeling overextended, share the sweetest and hardest parts of being a couples therapist.
In "Behind the Therapists" Karen and Figs use the feeling of being overextended to explore 3 "roses" and 1 "thorn" about being a couples therapist, each.
Karen finds it rewarding to…
Karen finds it most difficult to bear the moments when a couple is stuck and she has a hard time holding them in a frame of hope.
Figs is fulfilled by…
The most difficult sessions for Figs are when a couple doesn't trust him yet—they're not in alliance.
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