AP PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIOR THERAPY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of relationship does a behavior therapist have with their client?
A
Authoritarian
B
Detached
C
Collaborative
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mutually inquiring conversational partnership: The therapist and client work together with respect, honesty, empathy, and genuineness to share information with each other in order for the client to fully understand their own issues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over the course of therapy, a therapist works with you to develop what is known as a therapeutic alliance. This alliance is defined as how a therapist and client interact with one another. It is a type of bond where both people agree to work toward agreed-upon goals in order to produce a positive change.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edward Bordin, defined a good therapeutic relationship as consisting of three essential qualities: an emotional bond of trust, caring, and respect; agreement on the goals of therapy; and collaboration on the “work” or tasks of the treatment.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the collaborative therapy session, the therapist and person in therapy develop a partnership in which they talk with each other, not to each other. Individuals can tell their story while a therapist actively listens and seeks to understand their perspective.

Detailed explanation-5: -The therapeutic relationship, or working alliance, has been construed as involving two interrelated parts: the client’s positive emotional connection to the therapist, and a shared conceptualization between the client and therapist of the tasks and goals of therapy (Bordin, 1979).

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