The Importance of Staying Curious with Therapy Clients

In today’s episode we talk about a core element of the therapeutic alliance that we rarely talk about in our field: curiosity. As a profession, we spend quite a bit of time honing in on specific techniques, but we don’t spend enough time talking about the most core element of therapy: the therapeutic alliance. We know from research that a strong, genuine connection with a therapist is the strongest predictor of therapeutic outcomes. So let’s talk about it more! Sign up for TherapyNotes and get two months FREE: https://www.therapynotes.com/r/privat... FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Links from today’s episode: Frontiers in Psychology Article: "Psychotherapy as investigation: cultivating curiosity and insight in the therapeutic process” https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/... The “Dodo Bird Effect” Definition: https://study.com/academy/lesson/dodo... LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/... 👉 Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TfknqI... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram:   / privatepracticeskills   This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.