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Addresses a critical aspect of the occupational therapy practice–the art and science of building effective therapeutic relationships with clients. Renée Taylor has defined a conceptual practice model to identify how the client and the therapist each contribute to the unique interpersonal dynamic that becomes the therapeutic relationship.

Table of Contents
  • PART I. Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice
  • 1. Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy: The Importance of Empathy and Intentionality
  • 2. What Defines a Good Therapist?
  • 3. A Model of the Intentional Relationship
  • 4. Knowing Ourselves as Therapists: Introducing the Therapeutic Modes
  • 5. Being Client-Centered: Understanding Interpersonal Characteristics and Mode Preferences
  • 6. Complexities within Client-Therapist Relationships: Inevitable Interpersonal Events of Therapy
  • 7. Uncomplicating the Complicated: The Interpersonal Reasoning Process
  • PART II. Building an Interpersonal Skill Base
  • 8. Therapeutic Communication
  • 9. Establishing Intentional Relationships
  • 10. The Intentional Interview and Strategic Questioning
  • 11. Understanding Families, Social Systems, and Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy
  • 12. Understanding and Managing Difficult Behavior
  • 13. Resolving Empathic Breaks and Conflicts
  • 14. Professional Behavior, Values, and Ethics
  • 15. On Being Intentional on Fieldwork and in Interprofessional Practice Settings
  • 16. On Becoming a Better Therapist: Self-Care and Developing your Therapeutic Use of Self
  • Glossary
  • Index

The Intentional Relationship

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      Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
      Publication Date: 30/01/2020
      ISBN13: 9780803669772, 978-0803669772
      ISBN10: 0803669771
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Addresses a critical aspect of the occupational therapy practice–the art and science of building effective therapeutic relationships with clients. Renée Taylor has defined a conceptual practice model to identify how the client and the therapist each contribute to the unique interpersonal dynamic that becomes the therapeutic relationship.

      Table of Contents
      • PART I. Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice
      • 1. Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy: The Importance of Empathy and Intentionality
      • 2. What Defines a Good Therapist?
      • 3. A Model of the Intentional Relationship
      • 4. Knowing Ourselves as Therapists: Introducing the Therapeutic Modes
      • 5. Being Client-Centered: Understanding Interpersonal Characteristics and Mode Preferences
      • 6. Complexities within Client-Therapist Relationships: Inevitable Interpersonal Events of Therapy
      • 7. Uncomplicating the Complicated: The Interpersonal Reasoning Process
      • PART II. Building an Interpersonal Skill Base
      • 8. Therapeutic Communication
      • 9. Establishing Intentional Relationships
      • 10. The Intentional Interview and Strategic Questioning
      • 11. Understanding Families, Social Systems, and Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy
      • 12. Understanding and Managing Difficult Behavior
      • 13. Resolving Empathic Breaks and Conflicts
      • 14. Professional Behavior, Values, and Ethics
      • 15. On Being Intentional on Fieldwork and in Interprofessional Practice Settings
      • 16. On Becoming a Better Therapist: Self-Care and Developing your Therapeutic Use of Self
      • Glossary
      • Index

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