TALKING THE WALK AND WALKING THE TALK (PART 2)
In my last post I discussed the idea that a good therapist has two jobs: first, to create a functional, connected relationship, and second, to gradually address and resolve the client’s problems. In this post I’ll attempt to identify some of the relationship skills that a therapist uses to builds and maintains an effective therapeutic relationship. To be clear, this is an enormous issue - a gazillion books are written on the subject. The following ideas are clearly subjective