What is the Therapeutic Relationship?
It is a form of communication established between the client and the therapist. Establishing this therapeutic relationship provides the basis for the interview session. It is necessary for the client to value therapy and cooperate with the therapist. Establishing this relationship correctly also affects the later stages of the session. It can be established in the first meeting or it can occur in subsequent meetings.
During the therapy process, the therapist must break this resistance if there is any resistance in the client in order to ensure the continuity of the therapy. The client's resistance to the therapist, that is, avoidance behaviors such as walking away during the conversation or saying that he or she has forgotten, negatively affects the therapy process, but the therapist must notice the situation in advance and take precautions. Even if resistance occurs, the most important situation is the therapeutic relationship based on trust established in therapy.
As a result of a healthy therapeutic relationship, criticism made for the benefit of the client has a therapeutic feature and an effective relationship is formed under the name of confrontation. As a result of an unhealthy therapeutic relationship, the confrontation efforts applied to the client are perceived by the client as a criticism or attack on his/her self, and this continues until the end of the therapy. Confrontation should not be made before a therapeutic relationship is established.
What are the Conditions of a Therapeutic Relationship?
Empathy: We put ourselves in the other person's shoes and what to think and how to do it.
Respect: It means respecting the client unconditionally despite all their differences.
Transparency: Sincere, To notice the client's feelings sincerely and naturally and convey them to him/her.
Self-Disclosure: It is a situation in which the client reveals himself and the therapist tells something about himself so that he does not feel lonely.
Concreteness:Using original expressions instead of generalizing the emotions and events experienced
Confrontation: The therapist confronting the client with the events he described when the client is ready.
Having the Relationship in the Here and Now: Focusing on the time period and focusing on that moment. a is to convey what you feel and think.
Therapeutic Relationship in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on our thoughts, what we feel and It is a form of therapy that deals with how we behave. CognitiveBehavioral Therapy, which is based on learning theories and cognitive psychology, includes cognitive behavioral methods and approaches to problem-solving skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tries to explain human behavior under the name of cognitive and behavioral theory, based on their psychopathology. It emphasizes the relationship between our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Although it is a structured, goal-oriented therapy method, it also attaches importance to the therapeutic relationship.
General Perspective of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Methods
Problem They adopt a focused approach.
They also establish a therapeutic relationship based on collaboration.
Cognitive behavioral therapists plan and structure the sessions and give feedback to the client. They guide the client on how to use cognitive behavioral therapy methods.
They encourage clients to take responsibility in the therapeutic relationship. They ask their clients to take an active role in the sessions, to help create the agenda for the next session, to give feedback and to implement the recommended cognitive behavioral therapy interventions in daily life.
Therapeutic relationship in cognitive behavioral therapy; It has the characteristics of being open to communication, finding cause and effect relationships in problems, and aiming to overcome problems by working together.
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