The impact of alliance-focused and facilitative interpersonal relationship training on therapist skills: An RCT of brief training

Perlman, Matthew R.; Anderson, Timothy; Foley, Victoria K; Mimnaugh, Scott; Safran, Jeremy D.

doi:10.1080/10503307.2020.1722862

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“…An exploratory analysis of the correlation of the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness and the working alliance throughout the session also showed that while the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness ratings are correlated, the working alliance ratings are not. This finding supports previous studies that suggest the therapist’s interpersonal skills are preexisting in some way (Anderson, Crowley, et al, 2016; Perlman et al, 2020).…”

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“…working alliance throughout the session also showed that while the psychotherapist's persuasiveness ratings are correlated, the working alliance ratings are not. This finding supports previous studies that suggest the therapist's interpersonal skills are preexisting in some way (Anderson, Crowley, et al, 2016;Perlman et al, 2020). The present study followed the steps considered best practice for scale development and evaluation (Boateng et al, 2018) and introduced the first validated scale that solely measures the psychotherapist's persuasiveness.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

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Psychotherapist’s persuasiveness in anxiety: Scale development and relation to the working alliance.

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Sousa²,

Vaz³

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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Communicating a persuasive rationale that explains the client’s problems and how psychotherapy can relieve them, has been proposed as a crucial determinant of outcomes that combats the client’s state of distress, promotes positive expectations, and facilitates the working alliance. However, it remains 1 of the least investigated psychotherapist’s facilitative interpersonal skills without a validated measure. The present correlational observational study aimed to develop a rating scale that measures the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness, and to examine its relationship with the working alliance. Based on a literature review of the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness, the Therapist’s Persuasiveness Rating Scale (TPRS) was constructed. Seventeen psychotherapy session recordings were used to validate the scale through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, validity, reliability, and sensitivity assessment. Fourteen psychotherapy session recordings with clients suffering from anxiety were rated using the TPRS and the Working Alliance Inventory-Observer Version-Short Form (WAI-O-S) to examine the relationship between the 2 variables. The validation process resulted in a 4-factor 10 items scale. Except for the discriminant validity, which was revealed to be inadequate, the TPRS showed to be a valid, reliable, and sensitive measure of the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness. Despite a nonsignificant correlation found in Spearman’s correlation, a linear regression model suggested that the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness explains 65.1% of the working alliance at the beginning of the session. The TPRS revealed a promising measure with good psychometric qualities to advance the research on the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness. There is some suggestion of the psychotherapist’s persuasiveness effect on the working alliance, but the result missed statistical significance.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Psychotherapist’s persuasiveness in anxiety: Scale development and relation to the working alliance.

Afonseca¹,

Sousa²,

Vaz³

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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“…Therapist's interpersonal skills are trainable and robustly related to client outcomes (Anderson, Crowley, et al, 2016;Anderson, McClintock, et al, 2016;Anderson et al, 2009Anderson et al, , 2019Perlman et al, 2020;Schöttke et al, 2017). Therapist's persuasiveness is one such interpersonal skill whose importance has been repeatedly recognized yet rarely trained or investigated.…”

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Persuasiveness: An underappreciated characteristic of effective therapists.

Vaz¹,

Sousa²

2024

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Psychotherapy has been conceptualized as a process of social influence (Frank & Frank, 1991; Wampold, 2018). Therapists play a crucial role in cocreating new adaptive meanings and expectations that mobilize clients toward an increased sense of agency and mastery. We argue that these tasks depend on the persuasive power of the psychotherapist. The goal of this article is to provide a brief overview on the literature and research on therapist’s persuasiveness and theoretical contributions for future directions. We define therapist’s persuasiveness as the major verbal and nonverbal therapist skills that facilitate positive treatment expectations and credibility. Accumulated research on the placebo effect, client’s expectancies, charisma, and therapist’s interpersonal skills gives new empirical depth to the construct of therapeutic persuasiveness. In light of these findings, we discuss implications and provide recommendations for therapist training and future research.

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“…In one study of undergraduates, those who participated in a computer-based instructional sequence, where they were shown models of optimal and poor therapeutic responses, demonstrated signifi cant improvements in their facilitative interpersonal skills compared to those who only viewed videos about what contributes to successful engagement and creativity in work . Several other studies have demonstrated that this type of intentional practice improves facilitative interpersonal skills and other related counseling skills ( Elliot et al, 2018 ;Goldberg et al, 2016 ;Perlman et al, 2020 ;Shukla et al, 2020 ;Westra et al, 2020 ). You can engage in your own form of deliberate practice by following the steps in Box 5.4 .…”

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Interviewing and Counseling Skills—Beginnings: The Initial Interview

2021

Essential Interviewing and Counseling Skills

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INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING SKILLS-BEGINNINGS: THE INITIAL INTERVIEW LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Describe the necessary components of a therapist's offi ce environment and the impact that a therapist's offi ce (or virtual space) has on clients.• Understand the importance of privacy within the therapeutic relationship.• Discuss safety and the critical incident review process as they relate to mental health settings.• Identify three methods of self-care that can contribute to counselor well-being.• Describe the importance of keeping clients' cultural background and factors such as systemic racism and injustice in mind during the fi rst interview.• Identify key facilitative interpersonal skills that are predictive of therapeutic alliance and positive therapeutic outcomes.• Explain the tension between respecting client autonomy and anti-racism in psychotherapy.

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The impact of alliance-focused and facilitative interpersonal relationship training on therapist skills: An RCT of brief training

Cited by 44 publications

References 33 publications

Psychotherapist’s persuasiveness in anxiety: Scale development and relation to the working alliance.

Psychotherapist’s persuasiveness in anxiety: Scale development and relation to the working alliance.

Persuasiveness: An underappreciated characteristic of effective therapists.

Interviewing and Counseling Skills—Beginnings: The Initial Interview

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