S1: Common Factors | E5: Responding to Therapeutic Ruptures

Skill Criteria:

1. Express appreciation for the client’s disclosure.
2. Convey empathy, validation, and/or accountability.
3. Respond with a question or statement that invites the client to discuss their subjective experience related to the rupture.

Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 34:41.

Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning!