Psychotherapy Relationships that Work Therapist Contributions and Responsiveness to Patients

by Norcross, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780195143461
• ISBN10: 0195143469
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is the result of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychotherapy (Div. 29) Task Force aimed at applying psychological science to the identification and promulgation of effective psychotherapy. Many efforts to improve therapy have focused on codifyingevidence-based treatments, but in doing so have left the psychotherapeutic relationship behind. Clinical experience and research findings underscore that the therapeutic relationship accounts for as much of the outcome as particular treatments. This volume's 25 chapters identify the elements ofeffective therapy relationships and methods of customizing psychotherapy to each patient.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
I. Introduction
Empirically Supported Therapy Relationships	3	(14)
John C. Norcross
Research Summary on the Therapeutic Relationship and Psychotherapy Outcome	17	(20)
Michael J. Lambert
Dean E. Barley
II. Effective Elements
General Elements of the Therapy Relationship
The Alliance	37	(34)
Adam O. Horvath
Robinder P. Bedi
Cohesion in Group Psychotherapy	71	(10)
Gary M. Burlingame
Addie Fuhriman
Jennifer E. Johnson
Empathy	81	(28)
Arthur C. Bohart
Robert Elliott
Leslie S. Greenberg
Jeanne C. Watson
Goal Consensus and Collaboration	109	(20)
Georgiana Shick Tryon
Greta Winograd
Customizing the Therapy Relationship to the Individual Patient
Resistance	129	(16)
Larry E. Beutler
Carla M. Moleiro
Hani Talebi
Functional Impairment and Coping Style	145	(30)
Larry E. Beutler
T. Mark Harwood
Shabia Alimohamed
Mary Malik
III. Promising Elements
General Elements of the Therapy Relationship
Positive Regard	175	(20)
Barry A. Farber
Jodie S. Lane
Congruence	195	(22)
Marjorie H. Klein
Gregory G. Kolden
Jennifer L. Michels
Sarah Chisholm-Stockard
Feedback	217	(18)
Charles D. Claiborn
Rodney K. Goodyear
Pamela A. Horner
Repairing Alliance Ruptures	235	(20)
Jeremy D. Safran
J. Christopher Muran
Lisa Wallner Samstag
Christopher Stevens
Self-Disclosure	255	(12)
Clara E. Hill
Sarah Knox
The Management of Countertransference	267	(18)
Charles J. Gelso
Jeffrey A. Hayes
Relational Interpretations	285	(18)
Paul Crits-Christoph
Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons
Customizing the Therapy Relationship to the Individual Patient
Stages of Change	303	(12)
James O. Prochaska
John C. Norcross
Anaclitic/Sociotropic and Introjective/ Autonomous Dimensions	315	(20)
Sidney J. Blatt
Golan Shahar
David C. Zuroff
Expectations and Preferences	335	(22)
Diane B. Arnkoff
Carol R. Glass
Stephanie J. Shapiro
Assimilation of Problematic Experiences	357	(10)
William B. Stiles
Attachment Style	367	(16)
Bjorn Meyer
Paul A. Pilkonis
Religion and Spirituality	383	(18)
Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
Steven J. Sandage
Cultural and Demographic Diversity	401	(22)
Stanley Sue
Amy G. Lam
Personality Disorders	423	(18)
Lorna Smith Benjamin
Christie P. Karpiak
IV. Conclusions and Guidelines
Empirically Supported Therapy Relationships: Conclusions and Recommendations of the Division 29 Task Force	441	(4)
Steering Committee
Appendix: Evaluation of Research Studies	445	(2)
Index	447