Coda

This conclusion presents the key concepts with a reference to Sigmund Freud, who acknowledged that: the plasticity of all mental processes and the great number of the determining factors involved prevent the formulation of a stereotyped technique. It sought to provide a structure or a set of core competencies that ground and serve the practitioner in the practice of an effective psychotherapy. Core Competencies are not a set of applied techniques, but more a way of situating ourselves within the therapeutic relationship. The relational model holds to the idea that change and transformation happens through a genuine encounter with the other. To that end, our "technique" is always evolving and reconsidered anew in each relational dyad. In 1951, Martin Buber effectively states our situation in this way: on this paradoxical foundation, laid with great wisdom and art, the psychotherapist now practices with skill and also with success.