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Clinicians’ Attitudes Toward Therapeutic Alliance in E-Therapy

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Although therapeutic alliance is a crucial factor in face-to-face therapies, no data exist on clinicians' attitudes towards alliance in E-therapy. The study explored clinicians' perceived importance of alliance in E-therapy, clinicians' confidence in their skills to develop alliance in E-therapy, and whether attitudes towards alliance in E-therapy are associated with intended E-therapy practice. Clinicians (n = 106) responded to an online survey. The majority of clinicians considered alliance to be extremely important in both face-to-face therapy and E-therapy. However, clinicians' ratings of the importance of alliance in face-to-face therapies were significantly higher than their ratings of the importance of alliance in E-therapy. Clinicians reported less confidence in their skills to develop alliance in E-therapy than in face-to-face therapy. Intended E-therapy practice correlated with confidence in one's ability to develop alliance in E-therapy and with previous E-therapy practice.

Source: The Journal of General Psychology

DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2013.830590

Authors: Madalina Sucala, Julie B. Schnur, Emily H. Brackman, Michael J. Constantino, Guy H. Montgomery

Institutions: Babeș-Bolyai University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Language: English

Topic: Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute