NR605 Which Therapy Would You Choose? Worksheet

“A 13-year-old child is experiencing anxiety because her parents are divorcing after her father came out as gay.” When building therapeutic alliance with a 13-year-old child experiencing anxiety, appropriate techniques could include the following: empathy, consistent encouragement, and establishing shared goals (Steindl et al., 2023). A client-centered approach should be implemented for all clients (Steindl et al., 2023). However, special considerations should be made when working with pediatric clients as they may be experiencing these emotions for the very first time. Additionally, navigating such feelings may be a foreign concept during this phase of life. Therapeutic relationships which are well-established, reliable, and involve shared goals predict greater positive outcomes as clients tend to feel safer within said relationship (Steindl et al., 2023). A client who perceives