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Components of a Therapeutic Alliance Agreement on goals (Collaborative Goal Setting) Agreement on interventions (Shared Decision Making) Effective bond between patient and therapist (The Therapeutic Relationship)

The most-well-studied factors include the therapeutic alliance, therapist empathy, positive regard, genuineness, and client expectations.

These are (a) the working alliance, (b) the transference/countertransference relationship, (c) the developmentally needed/reparative relationship, (d) the person- to-person relationship, and (e) the transpersonal relationship.

Hildegarde Peplau describes four sequential phases of a nurse-client relationship, each characterized by specific tasks and interpersonal skills: preinteraction; orientation; working; and termination.

Ideally, the therapeutic relationship has a clear starting point and ending point. It progresses through the four stages outlined above: commitment, process, change, and termination.

Edward Bordin, defined a good therapeutic relationship as consisting of three essential qualities: an emotional bond of trust, caring, and respect; agreement on the goals of therapy; and collaboration on the "work" or tasks of the treatment.

A relationship contract, or cohabitation agreement, is between a couple to establish rules for a relationship. This contract is sometimes required to establish a domestic partnership. A relationship contract will commonly include how to respect one another and how incomes and expenses are paid.

Overall, therapy contracts should cover Session Duration, Payment and Frequency Cancellations, Reviews and Ending Therapy, Confidentiality, and Signatures at the very least. Confusion can creep in when it comes to costs, so details must all be laid out in the contract.