Therapeutic Relationship: Case Study

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Staff and client met for his 6th individual session. The purpose of this meeting was to further the therapeutic relationship and to continue working on his service plan goals. Smiling, the client is in good spirits as he explains that his house is quickly coming along. He reports that his living room is almost finished and he bought his first couch. Also, he talks a while about his good friend who just got his 2nd DUI. They are considering it a refusal due to the machine not working properly and Nate offered his friend some words of encouragement and advice concerning his drinking and the legal problems that follow. For Nate, his friend has kept it green in that he remembers how it felt to be new in the program and merely compliant. Last

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