Imagine that you are a psychologist working in a youth detention center. All of your clients are adolescents that have broken th
e law in some form or another, but most are for non-violent offenses. Also imagine that all of your clients are of a different gender, ethnicity, and sociocultural background than yourself. Based on the recommendations of Sue and Sue (2016) and the other points raised in this chapter regarding the therapeutic alliance, explain how your personal experiences and worldview can impact the relationships you attempt to build with your clients.
Therapeutic relationships simply mean the relationship that is built between the client and the health care professionals.
Through therapeutic relationships, the client and the therapist engage with one another and it helps in bringing up beneficial changes in the client.
Therapeutic alliances as described by Sue are positive relationships, effective strategies, no negative stereotypes centered therapy. It should be noted that the therapist should be neutral to the differences in ethnicity or race.
