Importance Of Therapeutic Rapport

Abstract

When we talk about psychological therapies, we often tend to think about the techniques that are implemented, the instruments for assessing attitudes and capacities or the approach used in that particular consultation. Of course, these are very important factors in defining the type of therapy that is being attended and what are the objectives of going to them, but to fully grasp the essence of modern psychotherapy sessions we also need to have Consider another key issue. The quality of the therapeutic alliance established between the patient and the professional. This can also be known as rapport, and it is used in areas such as Clinical Psychology, NLP and even the treatment of patients dispensed by the nursing staff.

Its two main pillars are mutual trust and fluid communication (which is not symmetrical, since the ideal is for the patient to express himself much more than the therapist).

Originally, the word rapport referred to the dynamics of relationships that should govern the interaction between a health worker or therapist and their patients. In this way, there are training programs for mental health professionals and doctors that focus on the teaching of techniques to generate rapport, since it is understood that it is a fundamental aspect of the effectiveness of the intervention on patients. However, today this word can also be applied to practically any context in which there is a task that can be carried out by two people who need to reach a good degree of rapport to achieve it.

Rapport can be understood both as a relationship dynamic (that is, something located in a specific time and space) or as a technique applied by a therapist (that is, an instrument that is part of the professional's repertoire of skills). However, these nuances do not vary the nature of what a good rapport should

Coordination

The coordination or mirroring consists of adapting to the rhythm of the other person both gesturally (capturing the general whole of their non-verbal language and replicating it in a similar way), orally (adapting the tone of voice and the rhythm of speech to that of the other person) and, above all, emotionally (reflecting oneself the emotional state of the other person to empathize and at the same time make that empathy manifest).

2. Reciprocity

Showing reciprocity consists of finding ways to match the contributions of the other person, be these actions or prayers. Classically, in the psychological consultation reciprocity is reflected through active listening, in which the psychologist, despite remaining more silent than the patient, constantly gives signals to listen to the other person and react to what he says.

This component of rapport varies according to the nature of the collaborative work that people must accomplish.

3. Common places

This factor refers to the need to focus the focus of messages and actions on topics that are of interest to all the people involved. This is something that many times we do without realizing it, by testing the tastes and likings of a person that we just met and end up talking about something about what is easy for us to