Therapeutic Communications from the Bench: A Psychological View

Authors

Gregory Dear, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Murdoch University

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Psychology and Social Science

RAS ID

4369

Comments

Dear, G.E. (2006) Therapeutic Communications from the Bench: A Psychological View. eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, [Special Series] 147, 148

Abstract

This chapter provides a psychological conceptualisation of therapeutic communication. The chapter is in four parts. First. I describe the essential elements of therapeutic communication. Second, I discuss the types of communication strategy that one needs to build onto those basic elements in order to create therapy. Third, I discuss the central importance of motivation in therapy and why it is critical to understand the motivational structure of the individual one is trying to influence. In the final section I pose a number of questions about the relevance of therapeutic communication to court settings other than problem-solving courts.