Reevaluating ruptures and repairs in alliance: Between- and within-session processes in cognitive-behavioral therapy and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Elad ZlotnickAsher Y StraussPenina EllisMaayan AbargilOrya TishbyJonathan D HuppertPublished in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (2020)
Decreases in alliance across sessions are not valid measures of ruptures as defined by most theories. Instead, we suggest that they are indicative of an ebb-and-flow model for the development of alliance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).