FAMILY HANDOUT
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
What Is It?
What Is It?
What Is It?
- Relationship Building can be best defined as working to build or maintain ethical relationships or networks with people to achieve goals and establish advantages.1
Importance
What Is It?
What Is It?
- Relationship building provides an open space for families and clients to express concerns safely and confidently.
- It is also helpful in providing more effective solutions when problems arise, and improve overall cooperation.
Goals
Questions to Ask
Questions to Ask
- Trust: Freedom to share any negative emotional responses with each other.
- Care: Utilizing active listening to show full attention.
- Respect: Agreeing to opinions/views that others do not.
- Agreement: General agreement on the goals and tasks of the treatment.
- Collaboration: Shared decision-making.
Questions to Ask
Questions to Ask
Questions to Ask
- How can we work to establish trust?
- What forms of communication will be most effective throughout treatment?
- How can I build a safe space for expressing concerns?
- How do I make sure my opinions and concerns are respected?