(2011). Interpersonal process in therapy: An integrative model (6th ed.). (pp. 46-93). Pacific Grove, CA: Brookes/Cole. Teyber discusses the concept of a working alliance relationship and what it looks like between a client and a therapist. Teyber describes this relationship as a particularly empathetic way of being, listening and responding to customers' concerns. Explain that this relationship must begin on the foundation of trust and, very importantly, an equal partnership that is active but not authoritative in nature. Teyber believes that offering therapy from an authoritative position can create a dependence on the therapist, rather than fostering empowerment that the client can derive from themselves. Discusses how an active working alliance encourages growth through partnership, responding to concerns in a challenging yet sensitive and empathetic way (process comments). This teaches the client to start looking inward, rather than outward, to find and trust their own voice, which is necessary to thrive in the world they are planted in. Teyber believes that when the therapist strives to possess empathy in all aspects of life. partnership, this allows the client to begin to be open in areas where they may never have felt confident enough to do so before, and subsequently begin to