title: Strategies for Managing Difficult Clinical Situations in Between Sessions.
abstract: Therapists often have to deal with situations that make them uneasy to leave their clients on their own. They can go home and wonder what their clients are doing, whether they are safe, have a place to stay, even whether or not they are fighting. These thoughts can be overwhelming for the therapist. They may think about their clients' safety, they may also be worried about their own professional way of dealing with these situations, and its implications for them as clinician. The aim of this paper is to assist therapists to manage their own anxiety and to help them help their clients in between sessions in difficult situations such as suicidality, child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, crisis and stress management.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University.
authors.forename: Gunnur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karakurt
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Alliant International University.
authors.forename: Alyssa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badford
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dial
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korkow
authors.affiliation: University of Akron.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rable
authors.affiliation: University of Akron.
authors.forename: Serife Fulya
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Doslovich
keywords: Suicidality; child abuse and neglect; crisis management and stress management; intimate partner violence