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This episode discusses essential communication skills for physiotherapists, focusing on therapeutic alliance and motivational interviewing techniques.

In this episode, we discuss everything about therapeutic alliance and motivational interviewing. We explore: The power of communicationHow to build alliance in the first few minutes of an appointmentHow to approach resistance to behaviour change Skills from motivational interviewing we can apply immediatelyCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) strategies within Physiotherapy practiceWant to learn more about communication and optimise patient behaviour change? Alison Sim recently did...

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