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The Therapeutic Relationship : Working Alliance, Respect And Empathy, And Diversity

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The therapeutic relationship is consists of several factors such as working alliance, respect and empathy, and multicultural competency. The relationship as working alliance is how the therapist works diligently together with the client’s for good results. In the helping process, respect is vital to clients in a way that the client views the importance of the counseling. Empathy is another way of allowing your client know you care about them. Multicultural competent is denoting the importance of the therapist or helper advice that needs to be followed on being a successful counselor. Working alliance is a part of the helping process that the therapist are encouraged to be aware in the helping process. Greenson (1967) once stated that working alliance can join together relationship itself and the relationship-as-means-to-achieving-desired outcomes. According to Bordin (1979), working alliance was teamwork between the client and the helper committed to their goals and activities that were discussed in sessions. Bedi (2006) has stated that the researcher has praised the therapist views on being the helper versus no praises to the client views. Unlike, Bedi’s study expressed how client valued the helping setting, helper’s self-presentation, helper’s education, helper’s appreciation of the client, self-responsibility, and environment of the session. However, the debate between many therapists’ views is different on working alliance. Respect is an action that involves

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