The Therapeutic Alliance

Application: The Therapeutic Alliance

In the Corey text and in Dr. Seligman’s introduction, you have learned about essential characteristics for creating a positive therapeutic alliance.

To prepare for this assignment:

• Review the readings for this week and the media segment “The Therapeutic Alliance.”
• Select an essential characteristic that you believe will be an area of strength for you and one that you believe will be a challenge. Why do you believe this to be so?

The assignment:

• In a 1- to 2-page paper:
• • Describe an essential characteristic that you believe will be an area of strength for you, and explain why.
  • Then, describe one of the essential characteristics that you believe will be a challenge. Explain why, and list one or two ways that you can increase your strength in this area.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.