As part of therapy it is common to hear therapists looking for ways to get the client to ‘buy in’ to the treatment process. Some try to convince the client that it to their benefit, some offer rewards, and some will warn of the negative consequences. But essentially the hope is to figure out how to get the client to cooperate and accept our therapy agenda… And of course, once the client ‘buys in’, then with a little more cooperation the therapist will surely feel successful…

But hold on…. Am I missing something here?

It seems to me that pushing for a ‘buy in’ basically is asking the client to do the therapist a favor?! And as you might imagine, for the savvy client who fakes a ‘buy in’ to treatment, this may be an easy way to get a lot of perks and privileges.

There’s gotta be a better way!