
Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
Jeremy D. Safran and Catherine Boutwell
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 52 discusses techniques for repairing ruptures in the therapeutic alliance, including common principles for resolving alliance ruptures and therapeutic metacommunication. ...

Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
Brian A. Sharpless
in Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
:Ruptures (i.e., deteriorations or strains in the therapeutic alliance) are an inevitable part of any psychotherapy. They are not only common but are also clinically meaningful. If not ...
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Beginning Treatment
William G. Herron
in Specialty Competencies in Psychoanalysis in Psychology
This chapter discusses how to begin psychoanalytic treatment. It considers the feelings and skills of both patient and therapist. It explains to the patient what to expect. A therapeutic ...
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Psychoeducation: Background on Social Anxiety and Its Treatment
Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, and Cynthia L. Turk
in Managing Social Anxiety, Therapist Guide: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (3 edn)
The primary purpose of this chapter is to help the client understand his or her diagnosis in the context of normal and excessive social anxiety. The therapist helps the client gain an ...
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Formulating
David Hewison, Christopher Clulow, and Harriet Drake
in Couple Therapy for Depression: A clinician’s guide to integrative practice
Working with couples to help them identify and understand the nature and functions of their interactions is important in working with and fine-tuning the formulations informing the therapy. ...
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Creating the Working Alliance
Richard G. Druss
in Listening to Patients: Relearning the Art of Healing in Psychotherapy
Chapter 1 explores ways to achieve rapport and a working alliance with challenging and difficult patients. ...

Master Therapists’ Construction of the Therapy Relationship
Michael Sullivan, Thomas M. Skovholt, and Len Jennings
in Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling, 10th Anniversary Edition
Qualitative research methods were used to elicit master therapists' statements regarding their use and understanding of the therapy relationship. The master therapists were identified and ...
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Roadblocks to Successful Treatment of Angry Clients
Raymond DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate
in Understanding Anger Disorders
This chapter discusses roadblocks to successful treatment of angry clients, including the problem of the therapeutic alliance, research findings on the therapeutic alliance, attitudes ...
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Repairing Alliance Ruptures
Catherine F. Eubanks, J. Christopher Muran, and Jeremy D. Safran
in Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 1: Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3 edn)
A rupture is a deterioration in the therapeutic alliance, manifested by a disagreement between the patient and therapist on treatment goals, a lack of collaboration on therapeutic tasks, or ...
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The Invitation: Are You Ready to Begin the Journey to Overcome Social Anxiety?
Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, and Cynthia L. Turk
in Managing Social Anxiety, Workbook: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (3 edn)
The primary purpose of this chapter is to help the client understand his or her diagnosis in the context of normal and excessive social anxiety. Social anxiety is feeling tense, nervous, or ...
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Addressing Accommodation
Eli R. Lebowitz
in Addressing Parental Accommodation When Treating Anxiety In Children
This chapter provides rich tools and helpful strategies for beginning the practical implementation of reducing family accommodation in clinical work. The chapter covers the ...
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A Therapist’s Guide to Repairing Ruptures in the Working Alliance
Jerald R. Gardner, Lauren M. Lipner, Catherine F. Eubanks, and J. Christopher Muran
in Working Alliance Skills for Mental Health Professionals
The authors discuss the phenomena of “misattunements,” or ruptures, in the working alliance. They present a set of skills and tools that aim to help therapists recognize and identify when ...
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Alliances in Couple and Family Therapy
Myrna L. Friedlander, Valentín Escudero, Marianne J. Welmers-van de Poll, and Laurie Heatherington
in Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 1: Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3 edn)
This chapter reviews meta-analytic evidence for the alliance-outcome relation in couple and family therapy (CFT). The authors describe the unique features of CFT alliances and their ...
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Do We Really Need Psychodynamic Therapy?1
Brian A. Sharpless
in Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
This research-focused chapter attempts to justify the continued relevance of psychodynamic therapy for clinical practice. Evidence collected over the past several decades indicates that it ...
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Foundational Techniques Part II
Brian A. Sharpless
in Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
This second chapter on foundational techniques begins with a discussion of how psychodynamic therapists typically behave. These behaviors often differ markedly from normal social ...
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Getting Therapy Off to a Good Start
Raymond A. Digiuseppe, Kristene A. Doyle, Windy Dryden, and Wouter Backx
in A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (3 edn)
This chapter reviews the clinical practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive-Behavior therapy (CBT) and discusses how some trans-theoretical aspects of psychotherapy ...
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Alliance in Adult Psychotherapy
Christoph Flückiger, A. C. Del Re, Bruce E. Wampold, and Adam O. Horvath
in Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 1: Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3 edn)
The alliance continues to be one of the most investigated variables related to success in psychotherapy. In this chapter, the authors define and illustrate the alliance (also conceptualized ...
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A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (3 edn)
Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Kristene A. Doyle, Windy Dryden, and Wouter Backx
This online third edition of A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy reviews the philosophy, theory, and clinical practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). ...
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Conclusion
Duncan Law and Mick Cooper
in Working with Goals in Psychotherapy and Counselling
This conclusion draws together the main themes of Working with goals in counselling and psychotherapy and revisits complex reasons people choose to engage in therapy. It explores the debate ...
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The mentalizing focus: support, empathy, and validation
Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy
in Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
This chapter explains how the primary goal of mentalization-based treatment—to help the patient to develop his/her mentalizing capacity—is reached through a process of attending carefully ...
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