Helping People Change
Helping People Change: What You Can Do to Make or Break the Therapeutic Alliance
Keynote
Description
Helping people change involves skills in developing and maintaining a good therapeutic alliance with clients. This presentation will highlight a variety of techniques and engagement strategies that can enhance a therapeutic alliance. It will also cover clinical terms that are used in documentation, and treatment that reveal negative attitudes likely to inhibit and even end a therapeutic relationship with clients.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
- Review what a therapeutic alliance involves in helping people change.
- Apply engagement strategies to identify what the client wants and stages of change.
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Identify clinical terms, psychological constructs and diagnostic categories that can be misused and inhibit alliance-building.