Based on previous research, which concluded that psychologists harbor negativity toward the use of videoconferencing in therapy, researchers hypothesized that psychologists would
rate therapeutic alliance as being higher when psychotherapy is provided face - to - face versus via videoconferencing.
Not exact matches
Repairing
therapeutic alliance ruptures: An evaluation of observer -
rated rupture and repair processes, patient and therapist
alliance, and outcome.
Regardless, given the importance attributed to
therapeutic alliance as a predictor of treatment response and adherence, psychologists using videoconferencing for psychotherapy may want to use a client -
rated measure of the
therapeutic alliance, or otherwise pay particular attention to the client's impression of the therapist, to gage the
therapeutic bond and maximize treatment response.
Client self
rates adult attachment patterns and the
therapeutic alliance: a systematic review
We expected the patients»
ratings of the
alliance to be more highly correlated with therapy outcome than the therapists»
ratings, and the patients» and therapists» assessments of the
therapeutic alliance to be only moderately related.
Results indicated that patients gave high
ratings for
therapeutic alliance in e-therapy, with the means for the subscales of bond and partnership between therapist and patient (mean 5.97, SD 1.26) and confident collaboration between therapist and patient (mean 6.19, SD 1.24) within the range of reported means for previous face - to - face therapy studies.
Higher scores reflect more positive
ratings of the
therapeutic alliance.
In their meta - analysis, Martin et al [10] reported that the quality of the
therapeutic alliance accounted for 22 % of the variance in the
rate of
therapeutic success.
Results showed that the composite score for
therapeutic alliance correlated positively with residual gain scores for anxiety (r =.33, P <.05, d = 0.69), which indicates that patients who
rated the
alliance as better had greater reduction of their anxiety scores at posttreatment.
Higher scores reflect more positive
ratings of
therapeutic alliance.