Rapport Barriers Analysis

Therapeutic alliance is an essential element of Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Wurm, Robertson, & Rushton, (2008) postulates establishing productive a therapeutic alliance is more important than any techniques. Therefore, the basic tenet of IPT is that all interventions should be therapeutic and seek to enhance the therapeutic alliance. Active listening is a critical part of building the relationship. Weissman et al., (2007) suggests that there should be an effective balance between activity and active listening. In addition to active listening, being able to communicate empathy, relate to the client’s experiences, exercising effective reflection and creative reframing also indirectly bring about therapeutic change and is will valuable to

One of the first key components of creating the therapeutic relationship with a client, is expressing and maintaining empathy. Empathy, according to Cochran and Cochran

A confident therapist-client relationship helps people to benefit with the disorder. However, developing and maintaining the relation between therapist and client is hard even if therapist has been able to earn client’s trust.

During our first contact, I noticed that the client was nervous and uneasy. I felt the need to immediately build rapport after I introduced myself, in order for me to create a level of trust, understanding, and establish a good relationship with the client. Seden (2005) mentioned that skills in relationship-building is one of the foundations in social work practice, particularly when working with individuals who are angry, anxious, distressed and upset due to their circumstances. Therefore, my goal was to engage and communicate effectively to lessen the tension and uneasiness of the client. After I started to converse and asked questions such as “how are you?”, “do you live near this area?”, “would you like some coffee or tea?”, I have observed that the client’s behavior slowly shifted and became more comfortable and relaxed.

I agree with the author using such skills as respect, not being judgmental, and being compassionate is effective when taking the rapport approach. All are necessary qualities to establish when facing problems within the family. Many individuals fail to connect with family members being they feel no one will either believe or listen to what they have to say .thus family issues that need to be addressed see never spoken upon which is the reason for negativity between spouse, siblings, and other relatives are never healed because they treat those who they hold a grudge against as a distinct stranger. Rather than correcting the issues they tend to go through generation after generation of not talking to a relative which in terms rubs off on their

After reading the first couple of chapters of the textbook “Interpersonal Process in Therapy”, I was able to find a deeper sense of appreciation towards the “counseling” profession in regards to the interpersonal process approach, the working alliance (client/therapist) and the process of honoring the client’s resistance. As I found myself learning more about the importance of the therapeutic relationship with the client, it was exciting to learn the recommended questions on page 12, in regards to identifying schemas, themes (internal working models) within the client. Not only are these questions being asked to the client, but the therapist must ask themselves the same questions as well. Although I am sure there are other ways to identify problematic relational patterns during a session, I believe these set of questions are a great guide to lead in that direction along with strengthening the therapeutic relationship as well.

I feel Common Factors are essential components to all interventions; it is extremely difficult to effectively serve a client if you are unable to build an empathic relationship that is built on mutual respect and the needs and expectations of the client. The ability to foster connections with clients while also continuously evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions is paramount when seeking positive outcomes. However, it is also essential that therapists also be well versed in specific treatment approaches

The process of introducing adaptations can only be accomplished once a therapist properly establishes both a relationship with the client, and after observing the client performing tasks that they engage in everyday. One of the most important aspects of developing the client therapist relationship is the interview

change because of trust and respecting the individual agency. Also the therapeutic relationship resembles a partnership or companionship based on trust person the therapist respects the patient freedom. When there is trust between the therapist and the patient, the patient knows that the client is looking after the well-being of the client. When a patient feels that a person is listening to them, they feel like that person understands them. This is because the person is listening to the patient without several interruptions. The patient can hear themselves and self-reflect on the choices good and bad that they had made. This also promotes self-efficacy in the

Conscious Transference is when a therapist chooses to share the affect the client is having on their feelings (Fuertes, 2013). It can also be when a therapist share an experience they have that relates to what a client is sharing. In this process, it helps the client and therapist understand each other better and it allows trust to grow. The client should have several ways on how to approach or gain perspective when it comes to communicating with others. Useful counter-transference is geared to the client and assists their growth, while the therapist can continue to focus on building a positive relationship with the client (Oelsner, 2013).  In order to have a positive relationship with a client there should be a personal bond between a therapist and client. If trust is gained it should limit counter-transference and with trust between the client and counselor a level of comfort comes that will help build a strong relationship. Developing healthy boundaries and being mindful of counter-transference as it can come into the therapy sessions will eliminate future issues and the therapist can making the client first priority (King, Obrien,

Engagement with the client is a vital yet challenging aspect in effective therapy. According to Thompson, Bender, Lantry and Flynn (2007), when the clients are engaged they are more likely to create a connection with their counselors or therapist, participate to a greater degree, endorse the treatment goals, remain longer in the treatment, as well as reporting higher levels of satisfaction. Once in the therapy room, multiple factors can assist in building accord and empathy and equally undermine it. It is, therefore, important for the therapist to utilize non-verbal techniques to validate the client and detect obstacles that may impede change (Gurton, 2015).

A counselor challenges himself in the attempts to help the society. Despite the fact that a single person cannot bring about the changes on this scale, working with individuals contributes to the wellbeing of a certain group – community – which this individual belongs. The work aimed at improvements in the society by means of helping an individual consists of many important points of consideration. Working standards and rapport are the first steps and measures a practitioner must take into consideration as these factors become a solid foundation of the effective work.

what’s the aim of interrogation? what’s confession? how rapport building and topic control helps with confession. My paper topic. Similar readings.

In providing a warm, safe environment the therapist is working to help alleviate these fears (Corey, 2013). It is in this warm willingness on the part of the therapist to lay their own self temporarily aside, to enter the experience of the client, which makes the relationship a completely unique one (Rogers, cited in O’Farrell, p.33). Using open collaborative dialogue with the client, I was able to establish several issues that Cian believed were having a negative effect on his

Effective communication is the key to any successful relationship, especially in a client/counselor setting. Occasionally, a client will present with good communication style, but other times, scenes might culminate as the counselor teaching effective communication skills. Professional relationships can prove as less stressful when communicating with certain individuals, opposed to personal relationship interactions; I believe this to be true for me. Although, I scored 55/55 here (Engels, Barrio Minton, & Ray, 2010). Looking into a situation from an outside perspective allows me to be clear, concise, and genuine with clients. I am able to remain in a learner role (of the client), and a teacher role (for the client), with reasoning orientations and intervention strategies; rather than playing a participant with emotional or physical ties to the situation. A healthy therapeutic relationship is ensured, encouraged, and developed over time, through open lines of communication. Humor is often utilized, with many positive communication techniques and appropriate teaching moments, to mutually create hope for the betterment of the client’s future.