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If you had a client who clearly wants to talk about intimacy issues, but shuts down completely whenever it gets close to the topic, how would you handle that?

For example:
The client emailed about it before and went to the session and dissociated a lot.
Then the other session they wrote down the topic on paper during session, but when it comes to actually talking about it they completely freeze or shut down.

Would you gently keep bringing it up? Wait for the client to do it? Work around it in another way? I’m curious how therapists approach this.

If you had a client who clearly wants to talk about intimacy issues, but shuts down completely whenever it gets close to the topic, how would you handle that?

For example:
The client emailed about it before and went to the session and dissociated a lot.
Then the other session they wrote down the topic on paper during session, but when it comes to actually talking about it they completely freeze or shut down.

Would you gently keep bringing it up? Wait for the client to do it? Work around it in another way? I’m curious how therapists approach this.