ArticlePsychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research2023
Quality of the therapeutic working alliance as a factor in intensive residential treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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- Clinician-Reported Person-Centered Culturally Responsive Practices for Youth with OCD and Anxiety.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Validation of the Working Alliance Inventory- Short Form for Patient (WAI-S-P) in Peruvian Adults.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
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objectiveIntensive residential treatment (IRT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) includes frequent meetings with a cognitive-behavioral therapist. We examined whether this therapeutic working alliance relates to IRT outcomes.
methodData came from a naturalistic sample of patients with OCD (
resultsPatient and clinician ratings of the quality of the alliance were weakly yet significantly correlated. Patient ratings of the alliance predicted outcomes, while therapist ratings did not. Moreover, greater discrepancy between patient and client ratings predicted worse outcomes. Patient ratings of the task dimension of the alliance uniquely related to responder status.
conclusionsPatient perceptions of the working alliance, particularly as pertaining to agreement on therapeutic tasks, related to success with IRT for OCD. Further study is needed test interventions to improve task alliance as a strategy to enhance treatment.
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