Youth therapeutic alliance in intensive treatment settings.
Therapeutic alliance (TA), the helping relationship that develops between a client and clinician, has received little attention in child treatment studies until recently, though it is the factor found to be most predictive of clinical outcomes. Furthermore, TA is cited as one of the most important components to effective therapy according to practicing clinicians. This study examines the TA that develops between teacher/counselors and children in 2 settings, a partial hospital/day school and a wilderness camp. An important finding in this study is the lack of relationship between the teacher/counselor's view of TA and the youth's view. Moreover, this correlation does not improve according to how long the counselors have known or have treated the youth. The implications of this and other findings are discussed.
Bickman
Leonard
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Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, 1207 18th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. Bickman@attglobal.net
Vides de Andrade
Ana Regina
AR
Lambert
E Warren
EW
Doucette
Ann
A
Sapyta
Jeff
J
Boyd
A Suzanne
AS
Rumberger
David T
DT
Moore-Kurnot
Joycelynn
J
McDonough
Luke C
LC
Rauktis
Mary Beth
MB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002165:Camping; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003376:Counseling; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index