Assignment task: Techniques for Building a Therapeutic Alliance with Rationale
Client: Mood disorders/anxiety/obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Scenario: A 13-year-old child is experiencing anxiety because her parents are divorcing after her father came out as gay.
Q1. Describe techniques you would use to build a therapeutic alliance with the client in the provided scenarios.
Q2. Provide a rationale for why the techniques are appropriate for the client in the scenario.