[From Psychotherapy.net]: Child therapy is decidedly more of an art than a science. We hear over and over again (and the latest research bears this out) that it is the relationship that counts-—and this is especially true when providing counseling with children and adolescents. Establishing rapport is the first task at hand, and it is not always an easy one! Improve your skills in working with this population by watching these master therapists quickly find a way to form a connection, and demonstrate a wide variety of tools and techniques to make the therapeutic encounter come alive and address areas of concern in a single session.