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Assessing and Enhancing Your Ability to Establish a Strong Therapeutic Alliance

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1 CE Hour
Clinical
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Description

This presentation will delve into the correlation between the Therapeutic Alliance and clinical outcomes. While discussing its history, we will explore how psychoanalytical perspectives of the Therapeutic Alliance changed over time. Additionally, we will examine research studies that have confirmed the need for a strong Therapeutic Alliance in order to improve client engagement and outcomes. We will then introduce the Care Predictor Index (CPI), an assessment tool that required 3 years of scientific research in order to come to fruition. We will discuss the 24 personality domains identified through research that are required to create a strong Therapeutic Alliance. Attendees will be provided with a link to take the CPI assessment and will receive a “CPI Validated” certificate upon completion and agreeing to take action to optimize their strengths and work on enhancing their areas of growth.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to provide participants with the knowledge, insights, and skills needed to comprehensively understand the importance of a strong Therapeutic Alliance, the attributes needed to create one, and techniques they can utilize in order to consistently do so.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define the Therapeutic Alliance and describe its history.

  • Explain 2 ways that the Therapeutic Alliance can improve clinical outcomes.

  • List the 24 scientifically proven traits that are necessary to form a strong Therapeutic Alliance.

  • Give 2 examples of skill enhancement techniques that can be utilized to effectively improve the ability to create a strong Therapeutic Alliance with clients.

References

  • Abraham, M. R., & McGann, P. (2019). Contribution of the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative in Advancing the Movement to Value-Based Care. Annals of family medicine, 17(Suppl 1), S6–S8. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2425

  • Gómez Penedo, J. M., Rubel, J., Krieger, T., Alalú, N., Babl, A. M., Roussos, A., & Grosse Holtforth, M. (2021). Effects of patient-therapist interpersonal complementarity on alliance and outcome in cognitive-behavioral therapies for depression: Moving toward interpersonal responsiveness. Journal of counseling psychology, 68(5), 582–592. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000528

  • Smith, S. W., Levy, S. R., Hilsenroth, M. J., Fiori, K., & Bornstein, R. F. (2016). Relationship Between Patient SWAP-200 Personality Characteristics and Therapist-Rated Therapeutic Alliance Early in Treatment. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 204(6), 437–444. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000526

  • Zilcha-Mano, S., McCarthy, K. S., Dinger, U., & Barber, J. P. (2014). To what extent is alliance affected by transference? An empirical exploration. Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.), 51(3), 424–433. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036566

Introductory
Clinical
Social Worker

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical continuing education credits.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Care Predictor. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Neha Kumar, MA, LMFT

Neha Kumar is Care Predictor’s Director of Clinical Relations. As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Neha has extensive experience across various settings in the behavioral health field, including schools, community mental health clinics, and both substance use disorder (SUD) and primary mental health (PMH) treatment facilities. Neha’s work in a variety of professional settings has offered her a deep understanding of the diversity that exists in terms of individual client struggles and needs. Her therapeutic approach includes a combination of several different modalities including but not limited to Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy, all of which she utilizes to empower clients to redefine their stories, confront their maladaptive behaviors and achieve overall well-being. Neha firmly believes in the importance of creating a strong therapeutic alliance with each client in order to increase their motivation and clinical outcomes. 

Neha’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration + Marketing from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.

In addition to providing exceptional clinical care when working with clients, Neha aims to destigmatize mental health issues by sharing education and insights through her writing. Neha’s written work has been featured in various publications, including CNBC, Healio, PureWow, USA Today, HealthNews.com, New York Weekly and Newsweek. 

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