The changing landscape of therapeutic use of self in occupational therapy: historical overview
What defines a good therapist?
A model of the intentional relationship
Knowing ourselves as therapists: introducing the therapeutic modes
Knowing our clients: understanding interpersonal characteristics
Challenges to client-therapist relationships: inevitable interpersonal events of therapy
Navigating the challenges: therapeutic responding and interpersonal reasoning
Therapeutic communication
Establishing relationships
Interviewing skills and strategic questioning
Understanding families, social systems, and group dynamics in occupational therapy
Understanding and managing difficult behavior
Resolving empathic breaks and conflicts
Professional behavior, values, and ethics
Working effectively with supervisors, employers, and other professionals
On becoming a better therapist: self-care and developing your therapeutic use of self.
