title: [Importance of the therapeutic alliance experience for the differential psychotherapeutic indication].
abstract: The influence of the therapeutic alliance experience on the recommendation for psychotherapy and prognosis was examined in a retrospective study. Three hundred seventy-four of 3270 patients who presented at the psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic outpatient service at the Benjamin Franklin Hospital of the Free University of Berlin between July 1994 and December 1999 were selected based on the fact that they had been examined only by a psychoanalyst and recommended for individual psychoanalytical outpatient therapy, nondirective therapy (according to Rogers) or behavioral therapy. Results of the unifactorial variance analysis: The better the alliance is assessed, the sooner procedures for psychoanalytical therapy are recommended (F = 35.85; p < 0.000) and the better the assessment of the prognosis (r = 0.68; p < 0.000). The results confirm the importance of the therapeutic working relationship and correct the assumption that the indication and prognosis are exclusively diagnosis or patient-related, clearly showing that they are the result of an interactive process.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie am Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin der Freien Universität Berlin, Germany. koeppwe@zedat.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Köpp
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kassing
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helle
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auckenthaler
authors.forename: Hans-Henning
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Studt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung des Beziehungserlebens für die differenzielle Psychotherapieindikation.