Client Empathy

The past few weeks have really made me think about my clients and what we as therapists sometimes expect from our clients in terms of change, especially our clients facing multiple challenges.  Change can be extremely overwhelming and slow at times depending on what is going on in a client's life.  I know firsthand how even things that are really important can fall by the wayside when faced with some situations.  It is important for us to be empathetic to those situations because it does not always mean that the client does not want to change.  Change is difficult.  It is even more difficult when life itself is already extremely difficult.