THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP

Effective therapeutic relationships leads to

• increased patient satisfaction

• better patient adherence to treatment plans

• improved patient outcomes.

A physiotherapist’s awareness of how to establish and

maintain health therapeutic relationships is essential to
clinical practice.
Researches show that effective therapeutic relationships
play an important role in positive patient outcomes,
making these relationships critically important.
Collaboration bond
 Founding principles

• Duty of Care

• Power

• Respect for the patient’s beliefs, values and morals

• Trust

• Sensitivity
 Setting the stage for a therapeutic
relationship

• Introduce yourself using the NOD

• Greet the patient
• maintain a good body language while interviewing the patient
• using plain language to explain what you are doing.
• Listen : Be attentive to and address the patient’s concerns.
• Informed consent always starts with a conversation about the
patient’s concerns, the proposed treatment, and the risks and
benefi ts of the proposed treatment.
• Validate the patient and individualize your approach to addres
s their unique needs.
• Earn and maintain trust by protecting patient confidentiality a
nd the privacy of patient