Chapter 9: The Therapeutic Relationship
Learning Objectives
This chapter considers what is meant by therapist competence, including personal and professional qualities, as well as considering the use of competency frameworks in counselling and psychotherapy.
Reflection Questions
- What are the core skills that are typically evident in most therapy relationships?
- How do you develop and implement these skills?
With these questions in mind, watch the following videos:
Mick Cooper discusses why particular counselling skills are useful, and how to evaluate which skills to use when and why
Mick Cooper discusses open-ended questions and gives examples
Mick Cooper describes and gives examples of the skills of reflecting, paraphrasing and summarizing
Mick Cooper discusses the importance of empathy in counselling
Andrew Reeves discusses paraphrasing and summarizing
Andrew Reeves discusses reflecting
Andrew Reeves discusses questioning
Andrew Reeves discusses giving feedback
Scene illustrating therapy becoming a chat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7eKv_pW1bk
Supervision assitance: ethical dilemmas in clinical supervision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQQLUobn2xE