Taylor Ch. 1

Application of empathy and intentionality to the knowledge base that one uses during interpersonal events in practice.

Therapeutic use of self

Do clients place greater value on the communication skills or technical expertise of their therapists?

Communication

Deliberate effort to understand the client's inner experience as an independent perspective as it is reflected to that person.

Empathy (IRM)

IRM perspective on projected personal experiences

Discouraged

Exertion of impulse control during an interaction with a client, while at the same time maintaining emotional congruity in all communication.

Intentionality (IRM)

Ability to communicate in a way that reflects what one is truly thinking and feeling.

Emotional congruity

Demonstrated through basic elements of professional behavior; examples include maintaining hygiene and keeping the environment safe.

Physical impulse control

Refraining from overfunctioning, keeping appropriate distance, controlling facial expressions and other habits, etc.

Behavioral impulse control

Ability to hold back the outward facial, bodily, and vocal expressions of one's feeling while interacting with a client.

Emotional impulse control

Ability to suspend one's personal problems or life stresses during client interactions.

Psychological impulse control

How one reacts to a client's communications and behavior during therapeutic interaction.

Interpersonal impulse control

3 main components of the client-therapist relationship

Interpersonal characteristics, events, and modes

4th and final component of the client-therapist relationship

Occupational engagement

The process of using one's therapeutic use of self; a highly personal, individualized, subjective decision-making process that is grounded in the disciplined application of a set of concepts aimed at meeting the client's interpersonal needs.

Interactive reasoning