Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

A half-century of psychotherapy research has shown that the quality of the therapeutic alliance is the most robust predictor of treatment success. This unique book provides a systematic framework for negotiating ruptures and strains in the therapeutic alliance and transforming them into therapeutic breakthroughs. Cutting-edge developments in psychoanalysis and other modalities are synthesized with original research and clinical wisdom gleaned from years of work in the field. The result is a practical and highly sophisticated guide that spells out clear principles of intervention while at the same time inspiring therapists toward greater creativity.

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Safran (psychology, New School for Social Research) and Muran (Director of the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program at Beth Israel Medical Center) present a guide for training therapists to work constructively with negative process in psychotherapy and to skillfully negotiate ruptures in the therapeutic alliance. After a review of theoretical considerations of the therapeutic alliance, the authors discuss ruptures from problems in the relational bond to disagreements about the goals of therapy. Recommendations for clinical intervention are then elaborated, illustrated with case vignettes and transcript material. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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