Working alliance predicts symptomatic improvement in public hospital-delivered psychotherapy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fredrick FalkenströmMary KuriaCaleb OthienoManasi KumarPublished in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (2018)
Results affirm cross-cultural stability of the session-by-session reciprocal effects model of alliance and psychological distress-symptoms as seen in a Kenyan psychiatric outpatient sample, using the latest developments in cross-lagged panel modeling. A limitation of the study is its naturalistic design and lack of control over several variables. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).