California Family Institute Huntington Beach, California, United States
Session Description: Now more than ever, a sound ethical decision-making ability is imperative to effective counseling and therapy. In this effort widespread research agrees that the therapeutic relationship, or therapeutic alliance, is the most important factor contributing to successful therapy and counseling outcomes. When rupture occurs in a therapeutic relationship, a therapist can ignore or address the rupture. Once it is decided to address the rupture, a therapist has several options. This workshop will examine and critique traditional repair options as well as highlight, with a case study, an option more fitting with an ethical and collaborative therapeutic approach. This example of therapeutic repair illustrates how being aware of the power differential between therapist and client, while challenging a traditional model of power, can support a more ethical practice.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
1. Participants will be able to identify and compare two different therapeutic repair models.
2. Participants will evaluate the research on the effects of ruptures and describe two ways this impacts therapeutic outcomes.
3. Participants will be able to apply one amends map as a tool to repair ruptures in the therapeutic relationship.