Your therapist is having a bad day. Will this impact the quality of counseling? If you ask the therapist, probably not. But what does the research suggest about clients' perceptions of therapists who are riding the struggle bus? Today's guest Allison describes her increasingly bizarre experience with a clinician who wasn't quite able to bring her 'A' game to the counseling room.

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Show Notes:

• Donate to International Rescue Committee
• Blog post: 4 Lessons from 20 Weeks of Very Bad Therapy
• The Contribution of the Quality of Therapists' Personal Lives to the Development of the Working Alliance
• Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook