Therapeutic Alliance - Week 2

Question 1

What is Therapeutic Alliance?

Question 2

Components of TA

Answer 2

Collaboration, communication, empathy, mutual respect

Question 3

Collaboration in TA

Answer 3

Move away from the paternalistic model

Shared decision making with clients

Question 4

Empathy in TA

Answer 4

The ability to understand the patient’s situation, perspective and feelings, to communicate that understanding and check its accuracy and to act on that understanding in a helpful and therapeutic way

Question 5

Mutual respect in TA

Question 6

What factors correlate with TA through communication?

Answer 6

Interactive style: patient facilitation and involvement
Patient supporting

Verbal factors: asking patients’ opinions/discussing options, encouraging questions & clear answers, explaining what the pt. needs to know

Non-verbal: Eye-contact