Drug and Alcohol Findings home page in a new window EFFECTIVENESS BANK ABSTRACT BULLETIN 27 May 2011

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Therapist-client relationships which promote wellbeing and recovery

This bulletin is devoted to reports from a high-level task force convened by the American Psychological Association to identify effective psychotherapy relationships and ways to adapt therapy to characteristics of patients other than diagnosis. The task force commissioned reviews synthesising research on the relationships between how therapists relate to their clients and the progress clients make in therapy. These reviews were published in a special issue of the journal Psychotherapy. While not specific to drug or alcohol problems, many of the studies included in the reviews concern these problems and a high proportion of drug or alcohol patients suffer from the problems addressed by the other studies. The reviews offer comprehensive, evidence-based recommendations on how to maximise the benefits of psychosocial therapy.

This was the second set of reviews to emerge from the task force. The first set was published in a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology, and aimed to identify effective ways of adapting or tailoring psychotherapy to the individual patient. For Findings entries from this first special issue see this bulletin.

This was the second set of reviews to emerge from the task force. The first set was published in a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology, and aimed to identify effective ways of adapting or tailoring psychotherapy to the individual patient. For Findings entries from this first special issue see this bulletin.

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Psychotherapy relationships that work II ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Alliance in individual psychotherapy ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: The alliance in child and adolescent psychotherapy...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Alliance in couple and family therapy ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Cohesion in group therapy ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Empathy ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Goal consensus and collaboration ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Positive regard ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Congruence/genuineness ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Collecting client feedback ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Repairing alliance ruptures ...

Evidence-based psychotherapy relationships: Managing countertransference ...

Evidence-based therapy relationships: Research conclusions and clinical practices ...