
Building Positive Therapeutic Relationships in Mental Health
Explore the importance of self-disclosure, reciprocal sharing, and organizational barriers in creating effective therapeutic relationships within mental health settings. Learn from peer support workers and mental health professionals to enhance treatment outcomes and mutual understanding.
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Peer Support Worker Amanda Green BA MSC
The use of self to build recovery- focused therapeutic relationships: learning lessons from peer support applying to all mental health professionals This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Its all about how I see myself
Theme #1: A positive therapeutic relationship is linked to good treatment outcomes
Theme #2: service users value therapeutic relationships which are reciprocal with mutual sharing of experiences and personal disclosure This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
One- directional relationships leaves one person diminished rather than enhanced This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Theme #3: self- disclosure is common among mental health professionals, but controversial and difficult to delineate This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Theme # 4: service users and mental health professionals view the therapeutic relationship differently and value different things within it This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
Theme # 5: Organisational structure and policies are a perceived barrier to creating positive therapeutic relationships
Theme # 6: Lack of training programmes which train in accordance with current empirically supported attitudes to therapeutic relationships