The phrase "a helpful relationship" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a relationship that provides support, assistance, or benefits to the parties involved.
Example: "The mentor-mentee dynamic often leads to a helpful relationship that fosters personal and professional growth."
Alternatives: "a supportive relationship" or "a beneficial relationship."
Think, too, about whether a blemish on a firm's record, say a large number of foreclosures or a class-action lawsuit settled three years ago, will dissuade you from cultivating a helpful relationship.
A necessary vehicle for this change is a helpful relationship with the therapist and the clinician.
A general model for recovery from dysthymic and panic disorders is proposed, involving: 1) understanding self and illness mechanisms, 2) enhanced flexibility of thinking, and 3) change from avoidance coping to approach coping; and recognising that a vehicle for this change is a helpful relationship to the health care provider.
"Empathy is considered a basic component of all helpful relationships" ([ 1], p. S9), being "one of the strongest [motivations]" for pro-social behavior ([ 2], p. 320).
Patients with dysthymia and panic disorder described specific helpful relationships with the therapist: 'As a parent' versus 'As a coach', and specific central areas for change: self-acceptance and resolution of relational problems versus awareness and handling of feelings.
He is highly secretive and very protective of his public image, offering helpful relationships to reporters who agree not to quote him by name.
While relationships with founders are helpful, relationships with co-investors can be even more so.
Midwives are 'with woman', providing the family with supportive and helpful relationships as they share the deep and profound experiences of childbirth.
More than that, I also appreciate my most helpful relationships that provide such vital support.
Our job at KUA has been to support those efforts and weave equitable, mutually helpful relationships with the government agencies that today are charged with overseeing natural resources that communities used to manage themselves.
Yet positive and helpful relationships with staff members are also highly valued.
