Hundreds of studies suggest that the patient–therapist alliance is the most consistent
predictor of treatment outcome across patients, therapists, types of treatment and settings …

The field has spent more than 50 years investing in the quality of youth mental healthcare,
with intervention science yielding roughly 1,300 efficacious treatments. In the latter half of …

A strong therapeutic relationship provides the optimal context for CBT, and an important
component of this relationship is the alliance. An alliance rupture is a difficulty or …

This study aimed to determine how control charts—a form of time‐series line graphs—can
be implemented in psychotherapy research to indirectly identify probable rupture–repair …

Objective: Although theorists and researchers have stressed the importance of rupture
resolution episodes for successful treatment process and outcome, little is known about …

Objectives Predicting therapy responders can significantly improve clinical outcomes. This
study aims to identify predictors of response to short-term dynamic therapy. Methods Data …

Objective: To observe ruptures through clients' and therapists' experiences of closeness and
distance in therapy. Method: Sixty-six clients and their 29 therapists underwent RAP …

An open trial of a therapist-guided internet cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) for panic
disorder with and without agoraphobia (PD/A) was conducted. Ninety adults diagnosed with …

Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine changes in the therapeutic alliance
and its role as a mediator of treatment outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for …

Objectives We examined patterns in alliance development in cognitive behavioral therapy
(CBT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) compared to attention bias modification (ABM). We …