Understanding the therapeutic alliance in stroke rehabilitation.

Conclusions: Establishing and maintaining a therapeutic alliance appears to be an individualised and complex process. A clinician's ability to use their personal attributes therapeutically, and professional skills flexibly, appeared integral to relationship quality. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Developing therapeutic relationships requires a person-centred and sometimes family/whānau-centred approach. The judicious use of self-disclosure may achieve emotional proximity and yet maintain professional boundaries. Maintaining relationship health requires a proactive approach to detect and manage relationship disruptions.
PMID: 31433673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - August 20, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Bishop M, Kayes N, McPherson K Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research