Often the client is unable to take steps to avoid the undesirable emotional attachment. The therapist must take the initiative in maintaining proper distance and personal space. However, it is important to be aware that a positive therapeutic relationship could become too much of a good thing. When it does, a positive relationship can become toxic to the therapeutic outcome. Comparing and Contrasting the Therapeutic Relationship and Client-Therapist Attachment The therapeutic

Therapeutic Models Psychodynamic & Person-Centered Therapies Psychodynamic theory and client-centered theory provide significant basis for recent therapeutic methods. Where both the therapeutic methods emphasize on improving the condition of the subject, they follow different schools of thoughts which is well-reflected in their applications as well. Since psychodynamic and client-centered therapy focuses on eliminating various aspects of past life and improving the subject's perception of self-worth in relation with present and future

An important point emphasized by many theorists was that it was essential for the therapeutic alliance to be flexible in order to accommodate the patient or client's perceptions. Another cardinal aspect that was emphasizes by clinicians and theorists was that the therapeutic alliance had the ability to create and promote change in the client. In other words, the therapeutic alliance should be varied enough to deal with the various levels

Triggers are abandonment, child rearing, responsibilities of motherhood, fear of abandonment, lonlieness. Overall Issue Seems to pick inappropriate partners; in long-term, one must ask, are there issues Mary engenders over time with romantic relationships? Substantive emotional stability; lack of intimacy; feelings of rejection. Initial Steps Clearly -- initial steps are to work through the feelings of suicide and find a way to get Mary on a treatment program with a professional. Mary needs to either seek

Demographic Information The immediate family of Eliza consists of her two middle-aged unwed sisters, Betty and Clara, and her niece, Marie, the only surviving offspring of her deceased sister and brother-in-law. Eliza's parents are both dead. Eliza is 45 and Marie is 15 and they live together in Eliza's home. Eliza assumed care of Marie after Marie's parents died in a car crash two years ago. The relationship started out satisfactorily

Torticollis Intervention Torticollis is a condition which can be either temporary and of a minor inconvenience or it can be chronic and physically debilitating. The implications of the condition can run the gamut of severity and susceptibility to treatment. Torticollis, or a twisting of the neck, can be extremely common but its causes and impact exist across a wide range of variations. The discussion here will offer a concise overview of