Clients' and therapists' real relationship and session quality in brief therapy: an actor partner interdependence analysis.
This study used the Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Kenny & Cook, 1999) to examine the associations of client- and therapist-rated real relationship (RR) and session quality over time. Eighty-seven clients and their therapists (n = 25) completed RR and session quality measures after every session of brief therapy. Therapists' current session quality ratings were significantly related to all of the following: session number (b = .04), their session quality rating of the previous session (b = .24), their RR in the previous session (b = 1.091), their client's RR in the previous session (b = .17), and interactions between their own and their clients' RR and session number (b = -.16 and β = -.04, respectively). Clients' ratings of current session quality were significantly related to only their own RR in the previous session (b = .47). Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Department of Education and Counseling.
Rayna D
RD
Markin
Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education, University of Maryland.
Dennis M
DM
Kivlighan
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland.
Charles J
CJ
Gelso
Fleet Mental Health, Naval Base San Diego.
Ann M
AM
Hummel
Private Practice.
Eric B
EB
Spiegel
D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology