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The Therapeutic Relationship in the Behavioural Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Ger Keijsers ,
Cas Schaap ,
Kees Hoogduin  and
Wilma Peters
Ger Keijsers
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Cas Schaap
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Kees Hoogduin
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Wilma Peters
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The present study investigates the prediction of treatment outcome in the early stages of therapy by examining the quality of the therapeutic relationship. Furthering our understanding of the critical relationship variables may be useful for intervening in unsuccessful treatment outcomes. Two self-report instruments are used to assess the client-therapist interaction: the EPIN and the TCRS. Results show the client's assessment of the quality of the therapeutic relationship, as assessed with the EPIN, is related to treatment outcome. None of the subscales of the TCRS showed significant correlations. We conclude that in the early stage of treatment, the establishment of an accepting, empathic and supportive relationship with the client (as perceived by the client), is important for the progress of directive behaviour therapy.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 359 - 367
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1991

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