therapeutic relationship

MAKING THE MOST OF MEDICAL CARE Selected, explained and discussed – key research on management of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings. Highlights the remarkable transformation of a US clinic in the 1950s by an open...

‘BEDSIDE’ MANNER MATTERS The previous cell of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix looked mainly at the medications clinicians prescribe. Now we look at the clinicians themselves, and discover that for this ‘disease’, bedside manner is not just a...

FUNDAMENTALS OF ALCOHOL TREATMENT Time to extract lessons from the five instalments of row 2 of the matrix, exploring key research on the shared elements of effective treatment. Driven by the ‘negative’ findings of a huge US trial, a...

Addiction therapy is often a personal and complex thing, which relies on interaction, bonding, and communication between counselors and their patients. This often happens because many of the people choosing to become addiction counselors...

The Collaborate Care Planning Project (COCAPP) studies mental health risk, care planning and therapeutic relationships. This podcast interview with Alan Simpson and Sarah Carr explores the importance of assessing and managing risk, how to...

How therapists can build and manage the recovery-promoting relationship with the client is the focus of this third bulletin recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association, each featuring expert advice based on amalgamations...