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Naomi de Graff outlines her project.

'Developing therapeutic alliance in speech and language therapy practice'

Naomi de Graff

"My PhD research explores the client-therapist connection and the importance of developing therapeutic alliance in speech and language therapy practice. My initial qualitative study generates a narrative voicing how therapeutic alliance development is perceived by experienced speech and language therapists. The research findings lead to a further study using video reflexive ethnography with speech and language therapy students to evaluate how they advance their relational practice skills to support developing therapeutic alliance."