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Alliance ruptures, impasses, and enactments: a relational perspective
Jeremy D Safran1, Jessica Kraus1
1Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research.
Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)
|May 29, 2014
Summary
Therapeutic alliance ruptures are common. Training therapists to effectively manage these ruptures and negative therapeutic processes leads to better patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
Background:
- Therapeutic alliance ruptures, including impasses and transference-countertransference enactments, are inherent to the psychotherapeutic process.
- Evidence indicates that the repair of alliance ruptures correlates with positive therapeutic outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a training program designed to improve therapists' skills in identifying and addressing alliance ruptures.
- To enhance therapists' ability to work constructively with negative therapeutic processes.
Main Methods:
- The research program developed and evaluated training methods for therapists.
- Focus on detecting and managing alliance ruptures and negative therapeutic processes.
Main Results:
- Training methods were developed to enhance therapists' skills in handling alliance ruptures.
- The approach aims to improve the constructive management of negative therapeutic processes.
Conclusions:
- Effective management of alliance ruptures is crucial for successful therapy.
- The developed training interventions provide a framework for enhancing therapists' competence in this area.
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