A Step toward Disentangling the Alliance/Improvement Cycle in Family Therapy

Autor/inn/en	Friedlander, Myrna L.; Lambert, Jessica E.; de la Pena, Cristina Muniz
Titel	A Step toward Disentangling the Alliance/Improvement Cycle in Family Therapy
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55 (2008) 1, S.118-124 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
Schlagwörter	Family Counseling; Therapy; Counseling Techniques; Low Income Groups; Counselor Client Relationship; Evaluation Methods; Models; Outcomes of Treatment; Validity; Safety; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Family counselling; Familienberatung; Therapie; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Analogiemodell; Gültigkeit; Sicherheit; Eltern
Abstract	The authors focused on 2 unique aspects of the alliance in conjoint therapy: feeling safe in the therapeutic context with other family members and the family's shared sense of purpose about treatment (i.e., productive within-family collaboration). Low-income, multiproblem families were seen in a community clinic by therapists with varying theoretical orientations and a wide range of experience. Alliance-related behavior was assessed using the System for Observing Family Therapy Alliances (M. L. Friedlander, V. Escudero, & L. Heatherington, 2006). The significant mediated model showed that parent safety contributed to productive family collaboration in the 1st session, which, in turn, predicted global improvement rated after Session 3. Given the heterogeneous sample of clients, therapists, and therapy approaches, findings support the ecological validity of the alliance in family therapy. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10