title: Therapist mindfulness, alliance and treatment outcome.
abstract: The present study investigated the association between therapist dispositional mindfulness and therapist self-affiliation, the therapeutic alliance, and treatment outcome. Total therapist mindfulness was associated with therapist self-affiliation, r=.413, p<.05. Therapist mindfulness was positively correlated with therapist ratings of the working alliance, r=.456, p<.05, though only the Act with Awareness subscale showed a relationship with patient rated alliance, r=.379. Therapist mindfulness was not associated with patient rated decreases in global symptomatology, but was associated with patient rated improvements in interpersonal functioning, r=.481, p<.05. All correlations correspond to a medium effect size. The results indicate that therapist dispositional mindfulness may be an important pre-treatment variable in psychotherapy outcome.
authors.affiliation: Psychology, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY 10011, USA.
authors.forename: Anjanette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Safran
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: J Christopher
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Muran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult