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A 38-year-old man in CBT for generalized anxiety disorder tells his therapist, 'I trust you and I feel like you really get me, but honestly, the thought-record homework doesn't feel helpful — it feels like busywork.' According to Bordin's working alliance model, which alliance component is intact and which needs collaborative renegotiation?