
Collaborative Therapy
What Is Collaborative Therapy?
Collaborative
therapy is a type of therapy in which the psychologist and the client
collaborate to determine the best course of action for treatment. Collaboration,
responsibility, honesty and respect are just a few of the core characteristics
of practice.
Types of Collaborative Therapy
Collaborative
therapy is more of a conceptual approach to treatment than a specific style of
therapy. As a result no distinct types of collaborative therapy can be recognized.
Its more commonly connected with the humanistic approach to psychotherapy which
encompasses therapies like person centered therapy and existential
psychotherapy. In order to have a good psychotherapy you must first establish a
collaborative relationship with your therapist.
Client-led and
therapist-led collaborative therapies are the two most common formats.
In client-led
collaborative therapy the client chooses which themes and issues will be covered
and collaborates with the therapist to prioritize concerns and goals.
In therapist-led
collaborative therapy the therapist takes a more active role in sessions,
proposing experiments for clients to test their beliefs.
Techniques of Collaborative Therapy
According to
Anderson in collaborative therapy Connecting, cooperating and building with
others become genuine and natural performances rather than exercises.
Although there are
seven themes that are stressed and instruct collaborative therapists on how to
think about the therapeutic interaction they are present in many approaches to
psychotherapy. These are not rules or strategies and each therapist is free to
be creative and develop their own therapeutic approaches for each client.
A verbal partnership that is mutually inquisitive
Expertise in
relationships
Not-Knowing
Being in the
spotlight
Managing
Uncertainty
The ability to
convert one another
Orientation
towards everyday existence
What Collaborative
Therapy Can Help With
Collaborative
therapy is not intended to treat any specific ailment. It is a transformational
strategy that can be used to solve any problem that the client is having. Collaborative
therapy may be especially beneficial for people who have struggled in the past
with therapy owing to a lack of trust in their therapist. In this therapeutic
method the clients views are always acknowledged and the client is never
condemned or blamed for their thoughts or behaviors.
Collaborative
therapy is a client centered approach that emphasizes therapist and client
collaboration, honesty, respect and empowerment. Clients are able to engage in
meaningful discourse about what they want to change by working together as
partners in the therapeutic relationship.
Benefits of Collaborative Therapy
Heres a rundown of
the advantages of collaborative therapy
The clients
experiences are acknowledged
The client has
more insight
The clients
involvement is higher
The clients
empowerment is higher and the clients participation in treatment is higher.


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