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Building Relationships: Goals of The Exercise

This document contains an exercise for clients to complete with their therapist to help build relationships. The goals are to identify relationship-building activities, strengthen bonds with parents/others, and reduce barriers. It may be particularly useful for abuse victims. When completing the exercise, the therapist can observe the client's responses and process them to assess openness to relationships and identify specific activities for the client and important people to do together.

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Building Relationships: Goals of The Exercise

This document contains an exercise for clients to complete with their therapist to help build relationships. The goals are to identify relationship-building activities, strengthen bonds with parents/others, and reduce barriers. It may be particularly useful for abuse victims. When completing the exercise, the therapist can observe the client's responses and process them to assess openness to relationships and identify specific activities for the client and important people to do together.

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Therapist’s Overview

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

GOALS OF THE EXERCISE


1. Identify specific activities that will encourage and promote connection to parents.
2. Increase activities that will further strengthen the bond with parents and others.
3. Decrease or remove barriers to building relationships/connections with others.

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THIS EXERCISE MAY BE MOST


USEFUL
• Physical/Emotional Abuse Victim
• Sexual Abuse Victim

SUGGESTIONS FOR PROCESSING THIS EXERCISE WITH THE CLIENT


Though the instructions indicate that the client could complete this exercise alone, it is recommended
that the therapist and client work on it together. When it is completed with the therapist, the client’s
hesitations on certain questions can be observed to better assess the client’s emotional state. The
processing should be focused on looking for specific ways that the client is open to developing
relationships. What is obtained through this exercise needs to be passed on to parents and others so
they can do the identified activities together to build their relationship with the client.
EXERCISE V.B

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Complete the following exercise by yourself or with your therapist.

1. Who are the people you trust? (circle and fill in name)
Mom Teacher Friend

Dad Grandparent Brother/sister

2. Of all the people listed, who do you trust the most?


How much do you trust them? (circle)
A little  It depends  Somewhat  Quite a bit  A whole lot
3. What makes you trust that person?

4. Who do you feel closest to? (circle and fill in name)


Mom Teacher Friend

Dad Grandparent Brother/sister

5. How much do you share with them about yourself (feelings, thoughts, dreams, and past)?
Very little  Little  Some  Quite a bit  A whole lot
6. When someone special hugs me or sits close to me, I feel . . . (circle)
Great  Good  Okay  A little uncomfortable  Unsure
7. Which two things from the following list would you like most to have a special person do either
with you or for you? (circle)
Read to me Take a walk with me
Buy me something I want Talk just with me
Fix my hair or nails Hug me
Compliment me Play catch
8. Circle two things from the following list that you would like to hear from a person you trust and
who is special to you.
You’re likeable You’re safe here You’re needed/important
You’re a good person There’s hope You have great abilities
We love you It’s not your fault We will always be here for you

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