Therapeutic alliance scales: development and relationship to psychotherapy outcome

Abstract

The authors describe the development of patient and therapist alliance scales and their application to the therapies of selected patients with good and poor outcomes following brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. They focus on therapist and patient contributions to the attitudinal-affective climate of the therapy rather than on specific therapist techniques. The findings support the value of separating the contributions to the therapeutic alliance made individually by the therapist and the patient. Only the patient's contribution to the therapeutic alliance was predictive of outcome. Patients who developed and maintained positive attitudes toward the therapist and the work of therapy achieved the greatest gains.

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