THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE AND OUTCOME: IMPACT OF TREATMENT LENGTH AND PRETREATMENT SYMPTOMATOLOGY

This study addresses a number of questions concerning the relationship between therapeutic alliance impact of pretreatment patient symptomatology treatment length, and outcome. The main findings are: (1) strength of therapeutic alliance is established within the first three sessions of psychotherapy...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1988, Vol.25 (4), p.536-542
Main Authors: Eaton, Timothy T, Abeles, Norman, Gutfreund, M.Janice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Client Characteristics
Human
Psychotherapeutic Outcomes
Psychotherapeutic Processes
Treatment Duration
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Summary:This study addresses a number of questions concerning the relationship between therapeutic alliance impact of pretreatment patient symptomatology treatment length, and outcome. The main findings are: (1) strength of therapeutic alliance is established within the first three sessions of psychotherapy with little significant change over the course of therapy; (2) short length therapy cases have lower levels of therapist positive alliance; (3) therapeutic alliance is predictive of outcome; and (4) therapeutic alliance is adversely affected by pretreatment symptomatology.
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/h0085379