The intentional relationship : occupational therapy and use of self / Renée R. Taylor, PhD.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy : The Importance of Empathy and Intentionality -- What Defines a Good Therapist? -- A Model of the Intentional Relationship -- Knowing Ourselves as Therapists : Introducing the Therapeutic Modes -- Being Client-Centered : Understanding Interpersonal Characteristics and Mode Preferences -- Complexities within Client-Therapist Relationships : Inevitable Interpersonal Events of Therapy -- Uncomplicating the Complicated : The Interpersonal Reasoning Process -- Therapeutic Communication -- Establishing Intentional Relationships -- The Intentional Interview 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 -- On Being Intentional on Fieldwork and in Interprofessional Practice Settings -- On Becoming a Better Therapist : Self-Care and Developing Your Therapeutic Use of Self.

"The contents of this book are aimed at practitioners' expressions of the dilemmas and challenges they face in therapeutic use of self, as well as their descriptions of the way they attempt to manage these circumstances. Additionally, I decided to look for instances of excellence in therapeutic use of self in occupational therapy that could be shared with practicing occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, educators, fieldwork supervisors, and students of occupational therapy. This edition provides more detail about mode use, including recommended body language, questions, and comments that are reflective of each mode. The reader will also find deeper and more critical discussion of suboptimal communication in therapy and what therapists can do to minimize it, and an emphasis on understanding and managing difficult behavior and resolving empathic breaks and conflicts"-- Provided by publisher.