Nurses, officers, EMTs, physicians, child protection workers, stylists — anyone whose work puts them in a relationship with someone else’s hardest moment.
Your training covered the procedures. Very little of it covered what to do with yourself while you carry them out.
Most of what you’ve been offered focuses on what you do after. This is about what you do during.
Dr. Kim Parrow, PhD, LCPC — Adjunct Research Professor, University of Montana. First author of the 2019 paper that defined and operationalized evidence-based relationship factors for mental health counseling. Author of Relationship Factors in Counseling (Cognella, 2024).
Kim co-authored "Intimate Relationships" an edited textbook for those who are interested in learning more about healthy relationships
Kim published a textbook for clinical mental health counseling students enrolled in practicum and internship. The book aims to guide faculty, supervisors, and students in the practical application of an evidence-based relationship factors model of care.
Dr. Parrow maintains an individual and couples counseling practice in Missoula.
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