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Patient-Rated Alliance as a Measure of Therapist Performance in Two Clinical Settings
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Imel, Zac E.; Hubbard, Rebecca A.; Rutter, Carolyn M.; Simon, Gregory – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: The ability to form a strong therapeutic alliance is considered a foundational skill across psychotherapies. Patient-rated measures of the alliance are now being used to make judgments about a therapist's tendency to build alliances with their patients. However, whether a patient-rated alliance measure provides a useful index of a…
Descriptors: Patients, Allied Health Personnel, Psychotherapy, Counselor Client Relationship
Two Aspects of the Therapeutic Alliance: Differential Relations with Depressive Symptom Change
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Webb, Christian A.; Derubeis, Robert J.; Amsterdam, Jay D.; Shelton, Richard C.; Hollon, Steven D.; Dimidjian, Sona – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: The therapeutic alliance has been linked to symptom change in numerous investigations. Although the alliance is commonly conceptualized as a multidimensional construct, few studies have examined its components separately. The current study explored which components of the alliance are most highly associated with depressive symptom…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy, Depression (Psychology)
Predictors of Patient Cognitive Therapy Skills and Symptom Change in Two Randomized Clinical Trials: The Role of Therapist Adherence and the Therapeutic Alliance
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Webb, Christian A.; DeRubeis, Robert J.; Dimidjian, Sona; Hollon, Steven D.; Amsterdam, Jay D.; Shelton, Richard C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Previous research has found that therapist adherence to concrete, problem-focused cognitive therapy (CT) techniques predicts depressive symptom change (e.g., Feeley, DeRubeis, & Gelfand, 1999). More recently, Strunk, DeRubeis, Chui, and Alvarez (2007) demonstrated that in-session evidence of patients' use of CT skills was related to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Rating Scales, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy
Effects of Transference Work in the Context of Therapeutic Alliance and Quality of Object Relations
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Hoglend, Per; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Bogwald, Kjell-Petter; Amlo, Svein; Marble, Alice; Sorbye, Oystein; Rossberg, Jan Ivar; Ulberg, Randi; Gabbard, Glen O.; Crits-Christoph, Paul – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Transference interpretation is considered as a core active ingredient in dynamic psychotherapy. In common clinical theory, it is maintained that more mature relationships, as well as a strong therapeutic alliance, may be prerequisites for successful transference work. In this study, the interaction between quality of object relations,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Personality, Patients
Therapeutic Alliance in Telephone-Administered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors
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Applebaum, Allison J.; DuHamel, Katherine N.; Winkel, Gary; Rini, Christine; Greene, Paul B.; Mosher, Catherine E.; Redd, William H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: A strong therapeutic alliance has been found to predict psychotherapeutic treatment success across a variety of therapeutic modalities and patient populations. However, only a few studies have examined therapeutic alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome among cancer survivors, and none have examined this relation in…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, Counseling Techniques
Clients' Pretreatment Counseling Expectations as Predictors of the Working Alliance
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Patterson, Candace L.; Uhlin, Brian; Anderson, Timothy – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
Because research suggests that counseling expectations are malleable and that alliance ratings predict clinical outcomes, the relationship between this pretreatment client characteristic (expectations) and the quality of the alliance early in treatment deserves further attention. This study examined the relationships between 57 clients'…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Expectation, Client Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship