Instructional Insights: Continuing Professional Education to Enhance Therapeutic Relationships in Occupational Therapy

ABSTRACT

Occupational therapists view the quality of their relationships with clients as an important factor in client outcomes but may feel ill prepared to use themselves as therapeutic agents. This column offers suggestions for providing professional education to support practitioners in reflecting on their relationships with clients and developing new perspectives on their interactions with clients during the occupational therapy process.

KEYWORDS. :

• Professional education
• therapeutic relationships
• therapeutic use of self
• transformative learning