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The alliance in adult psychotherapy: A meta-analytic synthesis

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2018
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Flückiger, C., Del Re, A. C., Wampold, B. E., & Horvath, A. O. (2018). The alliance in adult psychotherapy: A meta-analytic synthesis. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 55, 316–340. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000172

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The alliance continues to be one of the most investigated variables related to success in psychotherapy irrespective of theoretical orientation. We define and illustrate the alliance (also conceptualized as therapeutic alliance, helping alliance, or working alliance) and then present a meta-analysis of 295 independent studies that covered more than 30,000 patients (published between 1978 and 2017) for face-to-face and Internet-based psychotherapy. The relation of the alliance and treatment outcome was investigated using a three-level

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  • Flückiger, Christoph
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  • Del Re, A C
  • Wampold, Bruce E
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  • Horvath, Adam O
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55

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4

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316

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340

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English

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2018-12

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2018-10-30

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0033-3204

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This article is adapted, by special permission of Oxford University Press, by the same authors in J. C. Norcross & M. J. Lambert (Eds.). (2018), Psychotherapy relationships that work (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

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4555 since deposited on 2018-10-30
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Flückiger, C., Del Re, A. C., Wampold, B. E., & Horvath, A. O. (2018). The alliance in adult psychotherapy: A meta-analytic synthesis. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 55, 316–340. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000172

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