Lying

Detecting the Deception

October 21, 2019

Counsellor to client mandated to come to counselling after an alleged domestic violence incident: “So, did you hit your wife?” »

Dealing with Deception in Counselling

October 10, 2019

“You should always believe your clients,” said the counselling-training professor to the trainees, “and you should always disbelieve them”  »

Lying: Life Skill or Lousy Habit?

September 30, 2019

Johnny sings a song to his mum and asks her how well she thought he sang. In reality, Mum likens Johnny’s voice to, as Simon Cowell once said of a talent show participant, “the sound a cat makes after it falls off the roof before it hits the ground”. Does Mum say this to Johnny, or does she lie and say he has a great voice? »