When Should a Client Ideally First Discuss the Issue of Fees

question 16

Essay

When should a client ideally first discuss the issue of fees with a lawyer?

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Definitions:

Free Associations

A psychoanalytic process where the patient speaks freely to reveal unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Transferences

The process by which clients project onto their therapists feelings and attitudes they have toward significant others in their lives.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Freud that aims to explore unconscious conflicts and desires influencing behavior.

Moral Anxiety

Anxiety that arises from internal conflicts between what one wants to do and what one considers to be the right or moral action to take.