What is it about?
The alliance highlights collaborative qualities in the psychological treatments. The aim of a "Viewpoint" paper is to provide thought-provoking notes on the current state of research, innovations, weaknesses in the field and current debates. This paper is limited to three aspects, namely, (1) systematic reporting generates core knowledge, (2) assessment of the alliance selfreports outside of a therapy room and (3) unterstanding the patient concept of the alliance
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Why is it important?
Collaborative qualities are critical ethical and empirical considerations.
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The implementation of a (post) modern, people-centered understanding of health is progressing rapidly in research, teaching and practice. The alliance developed for psychotherapy, which focuses on collaborative qualities, is now being used as a process characteristic in a variety of settings in biopsychosocial healthcare systems.
Christoph Flückiger
Universitat Kassel
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This page is a summary of: Understanding the patients’ concept of the alliance—One step back to take two steps forward., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, July 2024, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000895.
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