Client congruence in therapy and its association with mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship
In order to investigate clients’ role in the mutuality of therapeutic encounter, this pilot study examined data from 49 participants who had undergone at least three sessions of therapy. The participants completed the Working Alliance Inventory and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. As hy...
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| description | In order to investigate clients’ role in the mutuality of therapeutic encounter, this pilot study examined data from 49 participants who had undergone at least three sessions of therapy. The participants completed the Working Alliance Inventory and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. As hypothesised, higher levels of mindfulness were associated with enhanced working alliance. All three dimensions of the working alliance (quality of therapeutic bond, agreement on tasks, and agreement on goals) were found to be associated with mindfulness. These results suggest that it would be worthwhile to develop future longitudinal research on the relationship between client variables and the development of therapeutic encounter. |
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| spelling | nottingham-436192020-05-04T18:36:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43619/ Client congruence in therapy and its association with mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship Ivtzan, Itai Joseph, Stephen In order to investigate clients’ role in the mutuality of therapeutic encounter, this pilot study examined data from 49 participants who had undergone at least three sessions of therapy. The participants completed the Working Alliance Inventory and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. As hypothesised, higher levels of mindfulness were associated with enhanced working alliance. All three dimensions of the working alliance (quality of therapeutic bond, agreement on tasks, and agreement on goals) were found to be associated with mindfulness. These results suggest that it would be worthwhile to develop future longitudinal research on the relationship between client variables and the development of therapeutic encounter. Academic Journals 2017-03-07 Article PeerReviewed Ivtzan, Itai and Joseph, Stephen (2017) Client congruence in therapy and its association with mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship. International Journal of Psychology and Counselling . ISSN 2141-2499 (In Press) |
| spellingShingle | Ivtzan, Itai Joseph, Stephen Client congruence in therapy and its association with mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title | Client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title_full | Client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title_fullStr | Client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title_short | Client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
| title_sort | client congruence in therapy and its association with
mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship |
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