Breaking the Rules: Why counselors should sometimes violate standard principles

Usually, I’m a good boy: I listen, ask facilitating questions and when offering a suggestion, couch it in tentative, client-empowering terms such as,  “I’m wondering whether X might be a good idea. What do you think?”

But every once in a while, I forgo standard counseling principles and it almost always ends up for the better. I explain in my PsychologyToday.com article today.