Demonstrate through the use of readings, practice excerpts and critical thinking how you determined a client’s capacity to form a therapeutic alliance and how you used this information to help her enter the therapeutic encounter. You should show how your understanding (1) drew on your knowledge base, practice theory and/or other empirical evidence, (2) incorporated relevant data about client need, motivation, resources available.

Discuss your positionality in relation to your client and the impact, or possible impact that similarities or differences between you have had, or may have in the future, in your engagement with this client and in developing your working alliance