Entries by Health Connect

Why We Need to Stop Calling Clients “Non-Compliant”

Usually “non-compliance” has more to do with what I think my client’s unmet needs are than with what my client thinks their unmet needs are. At the risk of giving Twisted Sister more credit than they might deserve for brilliant therapeutic insights, think about these lines in the context of the clients you work with who you think of as “non-compliant.”

Dr. Seuss and the Individual Recovery Plan

When I graduated from graduate school a friend of mine gave me the Dr. Seuss book “Oh the Places You’ll Go.” Some of you may be familiar with this book. The book is about a character who is at the beginning of a journey and it emphasizes the destinations on that journey he will reach and the experiences he will have along the way.