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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing landscape of therapeutic use of self in occupational therapy: historical overview -- What defines a good therapist? -- A model of the intentional relationship -- Knowing ourselves as therapists: introducing the therapeutic modes -- Knowing our clients: understanding interpersonal characteristics -- Challenges to client-therapist relationships: inevitable interpersonal events of therapy -- Navigating the challenges: therapeutic responding and interpersonal reasoning -- Therapeutic communication -- Establishing relationships -- Interviewing skills and strategic questioning -- Understanding families, social systems, and group dynamics in occupational therapy -- Understanding and managing difficult behavior -- Resolving empathic breaks and conflicts -- Professional behavior, values, and ethics -- Working effectively with supervisors, employers, and other professionals -- On becoming a better therapist: self-care and developing your therapeutic use of self