The document discusses authentic collaboration and the seven core conditions for effective collaboration. It describes a keynote presentation by Dr. John J. Scherer at the 2013 ebbf Conference in London on the topics of authentic collaboration and the seven core conditions for an effective therapeutic relationship as described by Robert R. Carkhuff in his 1969 book. The seven core conditions are empathy, respect, genuineness, concreteness, self-disclosure, immediacy, and courage.