Ashley Quamme talked with Matt Halloran on Playing Therapist? Why Referring out Strengthens Client Relationships about the lines between financial planners and marriage counselors or mental health practitioners. What should you do when your client’s needs exceed your practice scope? How will referring them out affect your relationship? Check it out!
“If you’re not comfortable with the idea of therapy, if you have not gone through therapy yourself, if talking about it just feels [uncomfortable] – then you’re not going to be able to broach that conversation with your clients with confidence or with compassion and clients will feel that. They’ll feel that you’re uneasy, they’ll feel that you’re awkward, and they’re not going to take that step then to help themselves.”