The Therapeutic Relationship: Where does it come from? What is it? And how you can use it.

The purpose of this course is to empower therapists in their therapeutic relationships. 

There are no non-traditional, alternative approaches used durong this training. There are no risks for participants. Emperical research of recent decades, historical contexts and theoretical contexts were retreived from academic sources. One source for this training include the three APA's taskforce of 2000, 2011 and 2018's publications. As noted by Norcross 2011 (from the APA's 2nd taskforce) about the therapeutic relationship; therapists are not receiving the empirical research related to this topic at a desired rate. Even though it impacts therapy outcome more then the therapeutic modality implemened. Therapists are deeply impacted by their work by clients both personally and professionally (Hatcher et al. 2015). The quality of therapeutic relationship significantly impacts therapists' experience of burnout (Zarzycke et al., 2021). Therapists will be given the most recent empirical research included these listed above.

THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP

AGENDA

9:00-10:00 AM: Introduction:

1- Facility

2- Course schedule

3- Content

4- Expectations, goals and objectives

5- Course instructor and participants

10:00-11:00 AM: The therapeutic relationship in its historical context, definition, and myths.

11:00-12:00 AM: The conceptualization: The working alliance, transference-countertransference configuration, and human bond (definitions, activities). 

12:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 PM: What we know now: The empirical research of the last two decades.

1- The experience of the therapeutic relationship from the therapists’ perspective

2- “What makes the therapeutic relationship work?” APA’s (American Psychological Association) Task Force of the Division of Psychotherapy

3- The therapeutic bond from the clients’ perspective

3:00-4:00 PM: What we know now: The empirical research of the last two decades.

1- The client and therapist attachment styles and their working alliance

2- The therapist’s disclosure: ethical challenges and clinical benefits

3- Managing fractures and repairs in the therapeutic relationship

4:00-5:00 PM: BONUS! Practical Applications in clinical practice: 

1- Measuring tools, what are they and how to use them

2- Therapists’ strategies

3- Reflections on our past and current therapeutic relationships

4- Group debrief and course evaluation forms