Which of the Following Can Enhance Rapport in a Clinical

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can enhance rapport in a clinical interview?

• A) efforts by the interviewer to put the client at ease, especially at the beginning of the interview
• B) acknowledgment by the interviewer that the clinical interview is a unique, unusual situation
• C) efforts by the interviewer to notice how the client uses language, and then following the client's lead
• D) all of the above

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