Effects of explicit time-limits on the initial therapeutic alliance.
This study investigated the hypothesis that the setting of explicit time-limits in individual counseling enhances the formation of the therapeutic alliance. Students at a university-based counseling center were randomly assigned to a 5-session, time-limited therapy condition (n = 16) or a time-unlimited therapy condition (n = 15). Contrary to the hypothesis, statistical analyses showed no differences between audiotaped segments from the second and third therapy sessions rated on the Vanderbilt Therapeutic Alliance Scale.
Kamin
D J
DJ
Ohio University, Athens.
Garske
J P
JP
Sawyer
P K
PK
Rawson
J C
JC
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*