You have been working with an Iranian-born client for several months due to mild symptoms of anxiety following a traumatic incident he or she witnessed during a recent visit to Iran.
This client often gets "off track" and discusses things that are not relevant to his or her anxiety. Sometimes things feel a little chatty, but you try to be flexible since your client seems to need some informal interaction to build a rapport due to culture differences.
As a therapist how would you handle this type of situation and still keep thing on track, help your client with his mild symptoms of anxiety and still maintaining building a rapport?