ABSTRACT
Relational therapies rely upon the relationship that evolves between patient and therapist to provide curative influences. Typically, these therapies see psychopathology as the result of a variety of inadequacies in the patient's formative, previous relationships, which have impacted psychological development and contemporary relatedness in a deleterious fashion. Through providing relationship opportunities that compensate for the deficiencies of other significant relationships, the therapeutic relationship itself aspires to provide nutrients for psychological growth (Rogers, 1989).
