Reevaluating ruptures and repairs in alliance: Between- and within-session processes in cognitive-behavioral therapy and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Elad ZlotnickJonathan D Huppert

Abstract

Ruptures and repairs in alliance and their association with treatment outcome have been studied widely. Many of these studies have used indirect methods, focused on decreases in alliance across sessions while measuring alliance at postsession. However, this approach does not establish whether observed decreases occur within (as insinuated by most theories) or between sessions. In the current study, we examined decreases of alliance measured both pre- and postsession in 3 clinical trials and explored the phenomenology and interpretation of these decreases. Additionally, we investigated the effects of rupture magnitude and the interpretation of repairs on treatment outcome, examining whether the "repairs benefit" or the "unrepaired ruptures damage" theories were supported by the data. Presession and postsession therapeutic alliance and outcome measures were examined from patients who participated in 1 of 3 studies: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder (N = 29), CBT for panic disorder (N = 31), or short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression (N = 44). Patterns of change in alliance are described. Ruptures and repairs are examined according to several criteria and are used to predict outcome using...Continue Reading

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Oct 29, 2020·Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research·Yogev KivityJonathan D Huppert
Apr 29, 2021·Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy·Lauren M LipnerArnold Winston

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