Outside Looking in: When Someone You Love Is in Therapy

Families and friends may sigh with relief when their troubled loved ones finally get help through therapy. But then what? The changes in mood, attention, and behavior that may accompany therapeutic intervention are likely to evoke mixed reactions in what has been until now a neglected population: the client's support community of family and friends. Outside Looking In can help by providing a guide to the therapeutic process and practical survival tips for the client's family members and loved ones. In clear language, Moulton and Harper explain the counseling process-- including confidentiality -- and its typical stages. The stories they share are adapted from real counseling situations, and the exercises they've included a the end of each chapter help readers understand their own reactions and feelings to the material they have read and the experiences they are going through.