Main description:

What makes therapy work? Clearly, the therapeutic alliance is an important component of a successful relationship between therapist and client, but how does it fit into the relationship more broadly conceived? A better question might be "What works with whom and in which circumstances?

In this unique book, master clinicians and psychotherapy researchers examine how technique and the therapeutic relationship are inseparably intertwined. Using a variety of theoretical and research "lenses" and drawing on various models of psychotherapy including cognitive behavioral therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and brief family therapy, the contributors discuss the factors affecting client outcomes. The link between relationship processes and technique is bought to life in a rich array of engaging case studies that demonstrate how successful therapists negotiate the relationship, make key moment-to-moment decisions, and promote positive change in their clients.

Contents:

Contributors
I. Developing the Therapeutic Relationship
Introduction: Developing the Therapeutic Relationship
Orya Tishby and Hadas Wiseman
Chapter 1. The Psychotherapy Relationship: Where Does the Alliance Fit?
Adam O. Horvath
II. The Case Studies: Integrating Research and Practice
Chapter 2. You Can't Cross the Same River Twice: A Case Study of Alliance Rupture and Repair
Laura Kohberger, Jeremy D. Safran, and J. Christopher Muran
Chapter 3. Patient and Therapist Relational Patterns: Implicit Negotiations
Emanuel Schattner and Orya Tishby
Chapter 4. Closeness and Distance Dynamics in the Therapeutic Relationship
Hadas Wiseman and Dana Atzil-Slonim
Chapter 5. Facilitating the Sense of Feeling Understood in Patients With Maladaptive Relationships
Sigal Zilcha-Mano and Jacques P. Barber
Chapter 6. Clinical Choice Points and Professional Ethics in Psychoanalysis
Gaby Shefler
Chapter 7. The Therapeutic Relationship: A Warm, Important, and Potentially Mutative Factor in CognitiveBehavioral Therapy
Louis G. Castonguay, Soo Jeong Youn, Henry Xiao, and Andrew A. McAleavey
Chapter 8. Negotiating Multiple Roles and Stances in CognitiveBehavioral Therapy
Yoni Elizur and Jonathan D. Huppert
Chapter 9. Affirming the Case for Positive Regard
Barry A. Farber and Jessica Y. Suzuki
Chapter 10. Empathy and Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused Therapy
Jeanne C. Watson
Chapter 11. Where Alliance and Systems Theory Meet in Brief Family Therapy
Laurie Heatherington, Valentin Escudero, and Myrna L. Friedlander
Chapter 12. The Use of Immediacy in Supervisory Relationships
Clara E. Hill and Shudarshana Gupta
III. Mapping Models and Conclusions
Chapter 13. Mapping Models of the Therapeutic Relationship: Implications for Integrative Practice
Stanley B. Messer and Daniel B. Fishman
Chapter 14. Conclusion: The Tapestry of the Therapeutic Relationship and Recommendations for Clinicians and Researchers
Orya Tishby and Hadas Wiseman
Index
About the Editors