Therapeutic relationship

“Empathy is a complex, multi-dimensional concept that has moral, cognitive, emotive and behavioural components” - that are integral to shaping a successful therapeutic relationship (Brackenbury, 2016). Verbal communication and non verbal behaviour are noted to be tools of observations that cultivate a preliminary understanding of empathetic concepts. Therefore, through means of teaching including demonstrations and role-plays of the appropriate application of these tools it facilitates the…

• Problem: Ms. B states she is too shy to find new social/friendship relationships Goal: To utilize her social skills to cultivate new friendships on campus. Process: Join a culture club, choir or school organization. Therapeutic Techniques Considering there was only two sessions with Ms. B, I felt I had utilized the basic helping skills, which helped me attempt a combination of client-centered, and psychodynamic therapies into the sessions. Most of the basic skills used were active listening,…

“proper” amount of interpersonal space for various types of interactions (business, professional, service, sales, romantic, familial)” (Sommers-Flanagan 161). Setting boundaries are imperative in counseling because of the trust in the professional relationship and its part of the healing process. As a human service professional, a boundary that I might need to set for myself is to leave work at the office. I tend to bring my work problems home and talk about them with my husband and my husband…

Primarily I was focusing on my micro skills rather than my therapeutic skills” as they play the central role in counseling skills. Micro skills such as questioning, empathy, minimal encourages, paraphrasing, summary, eye contact, body language, voice, structure, observation, listening and reflection of feeling. These lists of micro skills can motivate clients to free their deeper feelings and help the therapist to build a relationship with their…

Principle IV outlines that psychologists have a responsibility to society. Two standards relate to the vignette under review. By accepting the date, and choosing to have a relationship with the father – although not a client – the psychologist is not upholding the highest standards of the discipline because she did not take precautions to avoid doing harm to the child which was her client (Standard IV.10, p. 30). The last relevant ethical standard is that psychologists must consider “the laws…

another area, but in counseling they are the opposite. Counseling boundaries are movable and should change with each patient and relationship because every person and situation is unique and calls for different kinds of relationships. The Key is to follow the guidelines layout by your state and given counseling association you use as to what the boundary and counseling relationship should entail. The vignette entitled Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals from Sommers,…

career goals. In my paper, I will be discussing some of the things that I learn through our in-class practice and working within groups for example: about rapport, human relationships,…

to explain relationships toward or with people throughout various psychoanalytic theories. Particularly, the theories Object Relations theory and Classical Drive theory. Object Relations theory addresses an object as a part of a relationship or attunement with other people, particularly parental relationships. According to Melanie Klein, an object is a person or a role of a person in a particular person’s life. This person generally serves as a template in adulthood for relationships from…

Non-verbal behaviours are messages sent between people that are used to build and maintain relationships and are largely sent and interpreted unconsciously (Forbes & Jackson, 1980). Studies have indicated that when a person’s verbal behaviour contradicts their non-verbal behaviour their verbal communication is likely to be discounted by the recipient (Forbes & Jackson, 1980). Non-verbal behaviour is a way of tuning into the person you are communicating with. It is used in regulating…

negatively affect a child in the long-term. Group therapy can be an effective way of facilitating healing after sexual abuse. Subsequently, the group therapy should create an environment in which children can address their issues and develop healthy relationships. Rationale Sexually abused children undergo various experiences that affect…