Although many studies report that the therapeutic alliance predicts psychotherapy outcome,
few exclude the possibility that this association is accounted for by 3rd variables, such as …

Objective: Little is known about the variability of the alliance–outcome correlation across
identifiable client subsets. This question was explored in a sample of 60 clients receiving …

Objective: This study tested whether the quality of the patient-rated working alliance,
measured early in treatment, predicted subsequent symptom reduction in chronically …

The authors examined the relations among therapeutic alliance, outcome, and early-in-
treatment symptomatic improvement in a group of 86 patients with generalized anxiety …

Objective: The therapeutic alliance has been linked to symptom change in numerous
investigations. Although the alliance is commonly conceptualized as a multidimensional …

The relationship between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome was examined for
depressed outpatients who received interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive-behavior …

Objective: To examine the associations between treatment/outcome expectations, alliance
before and during treatment, and the impact of alliance on symptomatic improvement …

The quality of the therapeutic alliance was compared in sessions of psychodynamic-
interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and the alliance's relationship to various …

The strength of the therapeutic alliance has been found to be a robust predictor of outcome
in psychodynamic psychotherapy, but there has been little empirical work assessing …

Few studies have examined the role of the therapeutic alliance scores in active versus
control psychotherapies. Using data from a randomized clinical trial of psychotherapy and …