Therapeutic Relationship

Therapeutic relationships ease and comfort a client`s mind. A full-bodied therapeutic relationship fosters a comfortable environment constituting contentment, thus decreasing anxiety levels (Gardner,

Grief is defined as a type of emotional or mental suffering from a loss, sorrow, or regret (Dictionary.com, LLC, 2010). Grief affects people of all ages, races, and sexes around the world. Approximately, 36% of the world’s population does or has suffered from grief and only a mere 10% of these people will seek out help (Theravive, 2009). Once a person is suffering from grief it is important to receive treatment. All too often, people ignore grief resulting in deep depression, substance abuse, and other disorders (Theravive, 2009). Grief counseling is very common and can be very helpful to a person in need of assistance. Grief counseling provides the support, understanding, and

The topic that I have chosen to discuss throughout this paper is Managing and Resolving Conflicts in a Relationship. This topic is very important to me simply because, I personally see a lot of relationships failing, including some of mines due to lack of resolving and managing conflicts correctly. By the end of this paper I hope that I have helped the reader understand and eliminate any conflicts that confront their everyday lives.

In this essay, I am going to give a structured reflective account on the development of a therapeutic relationship with a client on one of my clinical placements as part of my training as a student nurse. I will be using a reflective model which explores the processes involved in developing and maintaining such relationships bearing in mind theoretical knowledge and how it applies to this clinical experience. Jasper (2003) describes reflective practice as one of the ways that professionals learn from experience in order to understand and develop their practice. As a trainee health care professional, I have learnt the importance of reflection in

I this essay I intend to demonstrate my understanding of the Relational Approach and its underlying theory.

Research has shown that a strong therapeutic alliance is necessary for establishing a beneficial contact between the therapist and the client. If the therapist does not encourage the creation of a reliable therapeutic alliance from the beginning of the treatment, it will be hard to develop a constructive relationship with the client later. Establishing the therapeutic alliance will increase the chances of achieving the goal of the treatment because the clients will be willing to cooperate if they trust and respect the therapist. Clients are not likely to cooperate with therapists who impose their authority aggressively. Instead of imposing their authority on the patient, therapists should develop work with their patients by

A huge focus is of these practice interviews are to learn the skills to develop a therapeutic relationship. This is an area I feel I am not at pare with as I may tend to rush the client. I did felt I didn’t have a good pace with the client. This is a pattern I struggle with this as I also tend to do this at my volunteer counsellor position. During the interviews, I feel stress that in a short time frame I need to find a lot of information about the client and need to communicate resources and information to them. As an OT, this may happen to me as I would worry about not getting the information needed to do my research and work between this and the client’s next appointment. I think to develop a better pace, I need to balance the search

The two theoretical perspectives that are most commonly used when working with the specific form of grief in death watching is the systems perspective, and from empowerment theory, the strengths perspective. The concept of the systems perspective considers all interconnected parts, which According to McBride (2015) includes “individuals, families, groups, organizations, local communities, and international societies” (p.5). This perspective is best used to examine the interactions of the dying individual and their loved ones with their environments or social

Therefore, it could be a more accurate portrayal of their interactions with other compared to how the client perceive themselves to interact with others and what they say to the therapist. Immediacy can be used to address and solve problems that come up in the context of the therapeutic relationship. For example, if a client comes into therapy and acts very hostile towards the therapist, the therapist can use immediacy and address how the client’s behavior is affecting them. This could highlight others behaviors in the client’s life and foster the growth of the therapeutic relationship. If problems in the therapeutic relationships are not addressed, the relationship can be negatively affected. Kasper et al. found positive and beneficial consequences

Therapy is often said to be just as much of an art as it is a science. Namely because there is so much that goes into it. To create a successful therapeutic relationship, there are some key elements that need to be a part of the formula. Each therapist may end up having a different recipe, but it is important that a therapist knows what ingredients he or she may need and what they can add for it to be successful. Throughout this paper, this writer will discuss characteristics she hopes to embody as a therapist, as well as the values and skills she wishes to bring with her into a therapeutic relationship.

This essay will explore the nature of the therapeutic process; using my fifty minute long real play session with one of my colleagues. Also, I will explore my experience of the therapeutic relationship and how it influences therapeutic change and increase the affectivity of the therapy.

The therapist and client relationship is important in effective therapy. The therapeutic relationship must be built upon before any technique and theory will be effective. Communicating real empathy and showing a genuine interest in the client will begin a solid therapeutic foundation. However, the therapist must “have the ability to stay outside the system while maintaining some emotional attachment to its members” (Patterson, Williams, Edwards, Chamow, & Grauf-Grounds, 2009, p. 107). This paper reviews and critiques an interview I recorded of a couple that pertains to clutter building up around the house. The goal of this activity was to seek out information using various questioning techniques and basic interviewing skills, and

There are many variables that influence the success of therapy for the client, none more so than the therapeutic relationship. The therapeutic relationship is defined as the strength and collaborative relationship between the client and therapist that emphasises mutually agreed goals and tasks within the context of a strong affective bond (Horvath, 1994.) In the therapeutic relationship, the clinician offers care, touch, compassion, presence, and any other act or attitude that would foster healing, and expects nothing in return (Trout, 2013.) Some clinicians believe that the “therapeutic relationship is a precondition of change, others as the fertile soil that permits change, while others see it as the central mechanism of change itself” (Norcross, 2010.) This is not to devalue other variables that impact the success of the therapy such as client involvement and the treatment method.

Solidarity is generally considered as a communicative approach to improve personal relationships. Individuals may express their feelings, attitude, opinions or belief which are rather indicative of an orientation towards solidarity (Koester, 2006). The core intention of individuals expressing solidarity is mutuality. The individuals convey their solidarity in different ways, which include expressing approval, showing interest, sympathy or claiming common grounds (Koester, 2006). In health care context, solidarity approaches in conversations were used the health professionals to attain various aims. For instance, it is used as a simple way for a medical professional to find out more about the

Another element from the conversation that makes sense to me, and I will be more conscious of in the future, is the explanation of how our clients not reaching their goals, or not being able to achieve a certain task, as an opportunity to explore why not and to give them more positive reinforcements rather than to count not accomplishing tasks as failures against them (Quartz, March 7, 2016). I can see these practices as ways to build trust and cooperation within the worker-client relationship.