Australian Institute of Family Studies

This article is about the importance of the therapeutic alliance between counsellors and clients in counselling interventions and factors that contribute to positive client outcomes. It focuses on the quality of the ‘therapeutic alliance’ between counsellor and client. This resource also provides some strategies for counsellors to consider for strengthening the relationships they have with the people they work with, including children, young people and adults. This resource will be useful for frontline workers and program managers in child and family services, especially those providing counselling services.