Both chapter 2 (Wright, Basco, & Thase, 2006) and chapter 21 (Beck, 2011) share a perspective on the importance of and pathway to build a healthy and effective therapeutic relationship between a therapist and a patient. A healthy and effective therapeutic relationship is started when the therapist shows warmth, understanding, and reasonably positive empathy toward the patient. In addition, the therapist need to apply an empirical style in working with the patient to identify problems and find solutions collaboratively. The empirical style refers to careful questioning and learning during the therapy process. One outstanding point I learn from Wright et al. (2006) and Beck (2011) is why and how self-reflection and self-scrutiny could influence
