Why the Clinician-Client Relationship is Critical to the Outcome of Therapy
Why the Clinician-Client Relationship is Critical to the Outcome of Therapy
Kori McCurren
Columbia College
Abstract
The following will discuss the benefits of a positive Clinician-Client relationship during the therapeutic process. It will discuss different ways to foster Clinician and Client relationship in order to gain a positive report. It will provide supporting evidence that the relationship positively influences the outcome of the therapy. It will show the view that being personable with the client can help the client to relate through the session and encourage the client to open up and enter in to a positive relationship. The following will also review the ways for one to be a better clinician, that working alongside clients is sure to have a greater possibility to be far more influential than standing as a dominant figure in the clinical setting.
Why the Clinician-Client Relationship is Critical to the Outcome of Therapy Through-out life relationships are formed as an individual passes from one state of life to another. As infants for most individuals they are bonded to their parents. The infant learns from their parents and through the remaining stages of life as the infant grows and encounters new situations and people, new relationships are formed. Some of these relationships are beneficiary and some have negative consequences.
When an individual is in a situation and needs to seek help in their lives, whether it be for family problems or something they are working on as an individual, they often turn to a professional to get insight and help to fix things that may have gone wrong by means of some sort of therapy. When this occurs that individual then enters into a Clinician-Client relationship. The way that this relationship between the Clinician and Client is formed is critical to the outcome of therapy for that individual.
When an individual or family enters into therapy they also enter into a
Kori McCurren
Columbia College
Abstract
The following will discuss the benefits of a positive Clinician-Client relationship during the therapeutic process. It will discuss different ways to foster Clinician and Client relationship in order to gain a positive report. It will provide supporting evidence that the relationship positively influences the outcome of the therapy. It will show the view that being personable with the client can help the client to relate through the session and encourage the client to open up and enter in to a positive relationship. The following will also review the ways for one to be a better clinician, that working alongside clients is sure to have a greater possibility to be far more influential than standing as a dominant figure in the clinical setting.
Why the Clinician-Client Relationship is Critical to the Outcome of Therapy Through-out life relationships are formed as an individual passes from one state of life to another. As infants for most individuals they are bonded to their parents. The infant learns from their parents and through the remaining stages of life as the infant grows and encounters new situations and people, new relationships are formed. Some of these relationships are beneficiary and some have negative consequences.
When an individual is in a situation and needs to seek help in their lives, whether it be for family problems or something they are working on as an individual, they often turn to a professional to get insight and help to fix things that may have gone wrong by means of some sort of therapy. When this occurs that individual then enters into a Clinician-Client relationship. The way that this relationship between the Clinician and Client is formed is critical to the outcome of therapy for that individual.
When an individual or family enters into therapy they also enter into a
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