Do you have clients who do not want to be helped? Clients who don’t trust you, your profession, or your service? Clients who don’t want to change despite your best efforts?
Then No Bullshit Therapy (NBT) is for you! Most simply, NBT is about being authentic.
Many people are cajoled, pressured, or mandated to see therapists, counsellors, and other helpers. Hence, they are reluctant, suspicious, and resistant to being helped. This puts professionals in the difficult position of trying to help someone who does not want to be helped. To make things worse, there are few practice models designed to engage people who don’t want to be engaged.
NBT creates a context for mutual honesty and directness in working relationships. Creating a context for mutual honesty and directness can be refreshingly effective, especially with people who are suspicious of counselling or distrustful of the counsellor. When combined with warmth and care, honesty and directness can enhance co-operation, connection, and trust, especially if the practitioner avoids jargon and acknowledges constraints to the work. NBT is ideal for working with people who:
Practical and engaging, this book is an essential guide for therapists, counsellors, and other allied-health professionals who are looking for a more effective way to connect with reluctant clients and ensure they get the support they need. It may also help you create more robust relationships at work and at home.
Chapter 1: Introduction to No Bullshit Therapy
1.1 No Bullshit Therapy Clinical Guidelines: At a glance
1.2 Aim of this book
1.3 Notes on language
1.4 Notes on clinical examples
1.5 How this book is organised
1.6 References
Chapter 2: The Theory of Bullshit
2.1 Bullshit: History and definitions
2.2 Loss of faith in political leaders in the world of spin, fake news, and post-truth
2.3 The loss of faith in health professionals
2.4 References
Chapter 3: The Development of No Bullshit Therapy
3.1 References
Chapter 4: Therapy-Lovers and Therapy-Haters
4.1 Other models designed to engage therapy-haters
4.2 Engagement: How is it different with therapy-haters?
4.3 References
Chapter 5: NBT Clinical Guidelines and Practice Notes for Working with Therapy-Haters
5.1 Creating a context to promote mutual honesty and directness
5.2 References
Chapter 6: NBT Clinical Guidelines: Practice Notes for Working with Therapy-Lovers
6.1 Creating a context to promote mutual honesty and directness with therapy-lovers
Chapter 7: NBT First Session – with Commentary
7.1 The ideal No Bullshit therapist
7.2 References
Chapter 8: NBT Safety Strategies
8.1 References
Chapter 9: NBT Tools
9.1 Self-supervision for workers Self-supervision for clients
9.2 The NBT hand for making everyday requests
9.3 References
Chapter 10: NBT, Power, and Social Identity
10.1 Power
10.2 Social identity
10.3 References
Chapter 11: NBT, Trauma, Blame, and Shame
11.1 NBT session transcript with neuropsychological commentary
11.2 NBT client commentary
11.3 References
Chapter 12: NBT with Couples, Families, and at Work
12.1 Couples
12.2 Families
12.3 Work meetings
12.4 Saying the unsayable in the workplace
12.5 References
Chapter 13: Concluding Comments
13.1 References