Table 1 The five elements of the BATHE technique and their related questions [5]
B = Background | What is going on in your life? |
A = Affect | How do you feel about that? |
T = Trouble | What about the situation troubles you the most? |
H = Handling | How are you handling that? |
E = Empathy | Closing Statement. That must be difficult for you (or an appropriate alternative of a similar nature). |