Citation

Birbilis JM. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2018; 74(5): 730-733.

Affiliation

University of St. Thomas.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22602

PMID

29537096

Abstract

Psychologists' work is always impacted by political events. Donald Trump's election raised many questions regarding my work with clients and students. How would they be impacted? What would they need? How would I respond? How transparent would I be? Students needed to process it. Most clients wanted to talk about it. However, reactions and needs of those who wanted to talk about it varied, and a few did not want to talk about it at all. Nevertheless, the election has been a royal road to the therapeutic alliance and interventions with clients, and it has been a path to deeper learning for students.

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

conservative; politics; progressive; psychotherapy; therapeutic alliance; transparency