Therapist Alliance-Building Behaviors, Alliance, and Outcomes in Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Youth Anxiety Disorders.
Krister W FjermestadØyvind FørelandSilje B OppedalJulie S SørensenYlva H VognildRolf GjestadLars-Göran ÖstJon Fauskanger BjaastadStephen S ShirkGro Janne WergelandPublished in: Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 (2020)
Therapist alliance-building behaviors were directly (positively and negatively) associated with alliance and/or outcomes, with only one effect mediated by alliance. Alliance-building behaviors varied far more within therapists (i.e., across clients) than between therapists.