Therapeutic Relationship Analysis

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From the above descriptions, it is clear that the social context, power relationship and interactional strategies are the significant elements to focus on while exploring the underlying social phenomena of the therapeutic relationship. Therefore, the objectives of the study include: • To identify the power relationship that presents between the patient-therapist relationships in an Indian outpatient physiotherapy setting. • To understand the interactional features of the naturally existing therapeutic relationship in an Indian outpatient physiotherapy settings. • To identify the socio-cultural contextual elements that are associated with the therapeutic-relationship in an Indian outpatient physiotherapy setting. The researcher context…show more content…
Chapter 6 comprises of three sessions. Initially, the relationship between patient compliance and therapeutic relationship explored on the basis of previous literature. Secondly, this chapter includes the analysis section. The analysis mainly looks into the interactional strategies and the underlying power mechanism and the involvement of contextual factors in the compliance and non-compliance conversation and how it influences the therapeutic relationship. In the interactional level, the analysis looked at how compliance and noncompliance are managed in the interaction and the interactional strategies positively or negatively influence in creating the therapeutic relationship. For example, what are the strategies used by the therapist to handle the patient illustrate the non- compliance to the treatment regimen and how these strategies influence in creating the therapeutic relationship. Also, the underlying power of this interaction and contextual factors are also included in the analysis. The overall, findings related to compliance and therapeutic relationship summaries in the third section of this…show more content…
Chapter 7 comprises of three sessions. Initially, discuss the previous literature that describes the relevance of solidarity in health professional-patient interaction. Secondly, this chapter includes the analysis section. The analysis mainly looks into the interactional strategies and the underlying power mechanism and the involvement of contextual factors in solidarity forming conversation and how it influences the therapeutic relationship. In the interactional level, the analysis looked at how the patient and therapist illustrate solidarity each other by using different interactional strategies and how these strategies help to enhance the therapeutic relationship. Also, explores the type of power relationship in their solidarity interactions and the involvement of contextual factors in such kind of interactions. The third section synthesis the overall findings of the chapter based on Fairclough’s Critical discourse

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