Skill Use Mediates the Within-Person Effect of the Alliance on Session-to-Session Changes in Anxiety and Depression in the Unified Protocol.
Martina FruhbauerovaDouglas R TerrillStephen A SemchoNicole E StumppJesse P McCannShannon Sauer-ZavalaMatthew W SouthwardPublished in: Journal of mood and anxiety disorders (2023)
Improvements in the alliance may facilitate skill use and indirectly predict reductions in anxiety and depression through skill use in CBT. We encourage research on how to enhance both the alliance and skillfulness in CBT.