Guests Elora Kalish LCSW It was Elora’s children who opened her eyes to the world of psychotherapy. Having been raised in a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” home, it took her children’s experiences to help Elora find the courage to seek assistance for them, and then for herself where she learned not to be ashamed of her feelings and to understand the impact of the stories we tell ourselves. Elora comes to each client feeling privileged to be able to share this part of their journey. She works to build a strong therapeutic relationship – one in which her clients can feel safe and secure to do the hard work of finding their own individual truths in order to create their desired changes. With respect to that every person is the expert on who they are, Elora uses an eclectic mix of interventions to help them move towards and accomplish their goals.
Elora works with adults of all ages to address a variety of issues including but not limited to anxiety, depression grief and trauma. Elora’s private psychotherapy practice is located in idyllic Goshen, NY.
Bonna-Lynn Horovitz LCSW Bonna has a private psychotherapy practice in Goshen, New York. Her approach is interactive, responsive, and genuine. She has unconditional positive regard for her clients and believes that everyone deserves to feel understood and fulfilled. Using evidence-informed practice to individualize treatment, Bonna adapts her approach to best meet the needs of her clients.
Bonna enjoys working collaboratively with children, adolescents, adults and senior citizens on a range of issues including anxiety, panic, depression, OCD, bereavement, trauma, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, sadness, loneliness, and insomnia.
Show Notes Have you ever had a “ruh-roh!” moment when you’ve just self-disclosed to a client and wondered whether you made an error in sharing, as their response hangs in the balance? Two psychotherapists, Bonna Lynn Horovitz, LCSW and Elora Kalish, LCSW, take on the self-disclosure debate along with other tangy topics in a two-part interview with Ian.
In Part I, we touch on how the digital age adds challenge for our therapist selves to be the blank slate with clients. Is the blank slate approach from theory really helpful with the client over time, or does it inhibit deepening of the clinical relationship? We know that clients opening up risk shame and being vulnerable with us, but is our avoiding self-disclosure a way of minimizing our own risk in the relationship? Bonna and Elora share experiences of when they have self-disclosed in the work and how the relationship with the client and the work itself has been affected.
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