Assertion (A): Therapeutic alliance is contractual in nature.
Reason (R): In a therapeutic alliance there are two willing individuals, the client and the therapist, who enter into a partnership which aims at helping the client overcome her problems.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
| Statement | |
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| Assertion (A): Therapeutic alliance is contractual in nature. True. The therapeutic alliance has two major components. The first is its contractual nature: it rests on an agreement between client and therapist. | |
| Reason (R): In a therapeutic alliance there are two willing individuals, the client and the therapist, who enter into a partnership which aims at helping the client overcome her problems. True. | |
| Whether R explains A? Yes. A names the nature of the alliance; R describes how the alliance is formed. Why R explains A? A contract is an agreement that two parties enter by choice, for a stated purpose. Because client and therapist both willingly enter a partnership with a set aim, helping the client, their alliance is contractual. |
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