Psychotherapy Relationships that Work

Patrick DeLeon, PhD, JD, Past-President, American Psychological Association This is a timely and truly outstanding book which all concerned with quality health care should carefully review. The key to successful therapy IS, and has always been, the establishment of a genuine therapeutic relationship, not the blind application of cookbook techniques. Backed up by rigorous scientific studies, the authors cogently explore various elements of therapy in depth, while providing understandable examples. An extraordinarily timely text.

Psychotherapy A veritable gold mine of research related to relationships, this is a volume that should be an invaluable reference for every student and practitioner of psychotherapy.

Melba Vasquez, PhD, ABPP, Independent Practice and former APA President This excellent resource is a treasure! Psychotherapy Relationships That Work is the gold standard in providing current evidence on how the psychotherapist client/patient relationship promotes change. Educators, researchers and practitioners will be informed, inspired and moved by an immersion into the evidence-based understanding of the change process.

PsycCritiques This edition of Psychotherapy Relationships That Work will have significant impact for several years. Training programs will find it an excellent tool to illuminate the link between science and practice, to say nothing of the superb guidelines for implementing relationship-focused strategies. Practitioners will also benefit from reviewing these processes and may come to a deeper understanding of their own work. This collection of research is an important step in the development of a much needed, richer synthesis.

The Family Psychologist Well written, well-explained, and a good blend of application make the book an essential addition for the practitioners, teachers, and therapy researchers.

John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a clinical psychologist in part-time practice. He is past-president of the APA Society of Clinical Psychology, the APA Division of Psychotherapy, and the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. Among his 25 coauthored books are the Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration, Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Behavioral Health, Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Psychology, Psychologists' Desk Reference, and Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis, now in its 9th edition. Michael J. Lambert, PhD, was Susa Young Gates University Professor and Professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University. He is currently retired from his academic position and is a part-time clinician in private practice. He authored Prevention of Treatment Failure and edited the fifth and sixth editions of Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change. He is past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.

Preface Contents Contributors Editors 1. Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Relationships: The Third Task Force John C. Norcross & Michael J. Lambert 2. Alliance in Adult Psychotherapy Christoph Fluckiger, A. C. Del Re, Bruce E. Wampold, & Adam O. Horvath 3. Alliance in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Marc S. Karver, Alessandro S. De Nadai, Maureen Monahan, & Stephen R. Shirk 4. Alliances in Couple and Family Therapy Myrna L. Friedlander, Valentin Escudero, Marianne J. Welmers-van de Poll, & Laurie Heatherington 5. Goal Consensus and Collaboration Georgiana Shick Tryon, Sarah E. Birch, & Jay Verkuilen 6. Cohesion in Group Therapy Gary M. Burlingame, Debra Theobald McClendon, & Chongming Yang 7. Empathy Robert Elliott, Arthur C. Bohart, Jeanne C. Watson, & David Murphy 8. Positive Regard and Affirmation Barry A. Farber, Jessica Y. Suzuki, & David A. Lynch 9. Congruence/Genuineness Gregory G. Kolden, Chia-Chiang Wang, Sara B. Austin, Yunling Chang, & Marjorie H. Klein 10. The Real Relationship Charles J. Gelso, Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., & Rayna D. Markin 11. Self-Disclosure and Immediacy Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, & Kristen G. Pinto-Coelho 12. Emotional Expression Paul R. Peluso & Robert R. Freund 13. Cultivating Positive Outcome Expectation Michael J. Constantino, Andreea Visla, Alice E. Coyne, & James F. Boswell 14. Promoting Treatment Credibility Michael J. Constantino, Alice E. Coyne, James F. Boswell, Brittany R. Iles, & Andreea Visla 15. Managing Countertransference Jeffrey A. Hayes, Charles J. Gelso, D. Martin Kivlighan, & Simon B. Goldberg 16. Repairing Alliance Ruptures Catherine F. Eubanks, J. Christopher Muran, & Jeremy D. Safran 17. Collecting and Delivering Client Feedback Michael J. Lambert, Jason L. Whipple, & Maria Kleinstauber 18. What Works in the Psychotherapy Relationship: Results, Conclusions, and Practices John C. Norcross & Michael J. Lambert