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How to Improve the Therapeutic Relationship Digitally
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.
