Counselling in Armidale NSW

Dr Joseph R Bowers 1 Mar 2016

What if counselling and psychotherapy were based on a money back guarantee for mutually agreed client outcomes? I wonder what difference this may make to client and therapist work?

Assuming goals are realistic and really well formed…

Human change is a funny thing!

As a random exercise I sometimes challenge a client with a money back guarantee – If they fail to achieve the goals they set during therapy and in a reasonable time frame and with all the planning in place they can have a session for free. So far no clients have won a session for failing in their goals. That is a unique track record.

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