The Working Alliance: Theory, Research, and Practice / Edition 1

by Adam O. Horvath, Leslie S. Greenberg

Overview

In the past decade, the working alliance has emerged as possibly the most important conceptualization of the common elements in diverse therapy modalities. Created to define the relationship between a client in therapy or counseling and the client's therapist, it is a way of looking at and examining the vagaries and expectations and commitments previously implicit in the therapeutic relationship, explaining the cooperative aspects of the alliance between the two parties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471546405
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/14/1994
Series:	Wiley Series on Personality Processes , #173
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

Adam O. Horvath currently works at the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. Adam does research in Health Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Their current project is 'Alliance in Individual Psychotherapy.'

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

CONCEPTUAL AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES.

Theory and Research on the Therapeutic Working Alliance: NewDirections (E. Bordin).

Therapeutic Alliances as Predictors of Psychotherapy Outcomes:Factors Explaining the Predictive Success (L. Luborsky).

The Therapeutic Alliance as Interpersonal Process (W. Henry &H. Strupp).

The California Psychotherapy Alliance Scales (L. Gaston & C.Marmar).

THE ALLIANCE IN DIVERSE THERAPIES.

The Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (P. Raue& M. Goldfried).

The Alliance in Experiential Therapy: Enacting the RelationshipConditions (J. Watson & L. Greenberg).

THE ALLIANCE AS PROCESS.

The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in Psychoanalytic Therapy withBorderline Patients (S. Frieswyk, et al.).

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS.

Research on the Alliance (A. Horvath).

Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

An evaluation of the theory, research, and clinical implications of the complicated relationship between therapist and client, a factor common to all forms of treatment. Written for clinical psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers, 11 chapters by leading American and Canadian researchers review their theoretical positions, their study results, and their views on the working alliance in clinical practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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