PSYC 4061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Therapeutic Relationship, Verbal Behavior, Trait Theory
24 Feb 2017
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Therapist has power because client hands it over by coming to counselling. Non verbal behaviour amazing tool: react gently. The path of psychotherapy david welsh come to therapy with no memory or understanding except in behavioural therapy some things cannot be changed so people need to adapt sometimes changing yourself is not possible. Welsh describes a child who is sared of dragons. Three kinds of relationship/interactions: reality oriented interaction if therapist does something and angers the client and the client gets mad feelings that are based on reality, working alliance we are here togeather to work on your problems. Langs if therapist does something wrong the client wil first knock lightly but eventually will get loueder and let you know you scrwed up. Model of psychotherapy: awareness, understanding, ownership, empowerment, change. Three stages of relationship: data gathering, risky revealing, intamcy and sexuality. Our survival depends on the healing power of love intamicy and relationships.
