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Characteristics of a Therapeutic Relationship Genuineness Acceptance Nonjudgement Authenticity Empathy Respect Professional boundaries Single most important goal in transformation of mental health care in the past two decades Recovery Sadness can be pathological when... It is disproportionate to events and sustained over a significant time period; It significantly impairs normal social functioning (occupational, social, school, relational) or somatic functioning (eating, sleep); it is apparently unrelated to any identifiable event or situation in a person's life Psychodynamic Theories Object Loss Theory Aggression-Turned-Inward Theory Cognitive Theory (Beck 1979) Learned Helplessness-Hopelessness Theory Benefits of Group Therapy (ISCC) Insight, Social Skills, Cost-effective, Community Increases insight about oneself Increases social skills Is cost-effective Develops a sense of community Who created Humanistic Therapy? Carl Rogers