Communication plays an important role in treating our patients, but we often neglect to put much emphasis on it. In a study done to find the association between therapeutic alliance and clinical outcomes, it was found that establishing therapeutic alliance improves:

i) Exercise adherence

ii) Improves depressive symptoms

iii) Improves treatment satisfaction

iv) Physical function.

If you want to learn more about this topic, you can watch Alison Sim's lecture here:

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These are 5 ways you can establish therapeutic alliance with your patients:

To know more in depth about therapeutic alliance, watch this clip taken from the lecture 'Cognitive behavioural approaches for manual and exercise therapists’ by Alison Sim.

If you want to learn more about this topic, you can watch Alison Sim's lecture here:

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Sources:
1. Lecture 'Cognitive behavioural approaches for Manual and exercise therapists’ by Alison Sim.