SLWK 606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Therapeutic Relationship, Cognitive Model
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A reasonable goal is to not avoid problems altogether but rather learn to uncover and specify problems, to conceptualize how they arose, and to plan how to remediate them. It is useful to view problems or stuck points in therapy as opportunities for you to refine your conceptualization of the patient. You can uncover a problem in a number of ways: By listening to the patients" unsolicited feedback. By directly soliciting patients" feedback, whether or not they have provided verbal or nonverbal signals of a problem. By reviewing recordings of therapy sessions alone or with a colleague or supervisor and rating the tape on the cognitive therapy rating scale. By tracking progress according to objective tests and the patient"s subjective report of symptom relief. A problem obviously exists when patients provide you with negative feedback. Many patients allude indirectly to a problem. Many times, the patient fails to relate, either directly or indirectly, a problem with therapy.
