wwwclarimedcouk The BATHE technique Useful to use when talking to anxious patients B Background What is going on in your life A Affect How do you feel about that T ID: 527626
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Difficult Conversations
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The BATHE
technique
Useful to use when talking to anxious patients.
B
- Background: What is going on in your life?A - Affect: How do you feel about that?T - Trouble: What troubles you about that?H - Handling: How are you handling that?E - Empathy: That must be very difficult for you
The BATHE
technique is outlined in the book The Fifteen Minute Hour, by Lieberman and Stuart.