The connection between patient and therapist is crucial. Indeed, the “therapeutic relationship is as powerful, if not more powerful, than the particular treatment method a therapist is using,” says professor John Norcross, part of a task force set up by the American Psychological Association (APA; DeAngelis, 2019).The task force found that even if the therapy is correct for the problem a client presents with, the client will not get the most out of the treatment if the connection is not a good one.After all, “different types of psychotherapy often reveal similar results,” suggesting that there are common, non-therapy-specific variables coming into play, such as the therapeutic relationship (Ardito & Rabellino, 2011, p.
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