Developing Therapautic Relationship Flashcards
Therapeutic relationship goals and function
Facilitating
Assisting
Helping
Promoting
Fascilitating
Communication of distressing thoughts and feelings
Assisting
Clients with problem solving to help facilities activities if daily living
Helping
Examine self defeating behaviour and test alternatives
Promoting
Self care and independence
Types of relationships
Social
Intimate
Therapeutic
Social
Primarily initiated for the purpose of friendship, accomplishments. Mutual needs are met.
Give advice lend money
Intimate
2 or more individuals who have an emotional commitment to each other
Each member cares for one another
Therapeutic
Between a client and a nurse, nurse maximises his or her own communication skills and personal strengths
Relationship is based on clients needs
When nurses begin to want to be friends with the client ( the needs cant be met)
Not meet the nurses needs but client
Factors that enhance the growth in others
Genuineness
Empathy
Positive regard
Genuineness
Ability to meet person to person in a therapeutic relationship
Not hiding behind the roles of. A nurse
Concrete in displaying the message
Empathy
Accurately perceiving the clients situation, perspective and feeling
Communication woth the client
Action is understanding in a helpful way
Sympathy- i know how u feel. My mom is is the hospital
Empathy- how upsetting must this be how are you?
Positive regard
Implies respect
Ability to view the person as a whole shown by attitude, eye contact , suspending judgement