An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

The first goal is for the clinician to find the patient, and the patient to find the clinician, as both are required for a real alliance.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

Of course they fought as lovers must do to find a liveable space.

Today many medications act across diagnostic groups. Alliance effects also transcend specific psychotherapy methods. Both may be affecting profound psychopathological processes.

Above all, the clinician must not shake what little faith the patient has in himself.