The Price of Mistrust: A Study into the Working Alliance as Predictor for Recidivism

Sturm, Annelies; Vogel, Viviënne de; Menger, Anneke; Huibers, Marcus J.H.

doi:10.1007/s11896-021-09450-1

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“…Indeed, recent guidance on community corrections supervision highlights competencies that include a focus on development of positive interpersonal relationships among officers and supervisees ( 21 ). The potential for these relationships to promote collaboration and to engage individuals in rehabilitative services and enhance public safety is reflected in recent research indicating that bidirectional communication that supports shared decision making among officers and those they supervise contributes to trust, respect, working alliance, and goal agreement, all of which reduce reactance toward the officer and supervisee recidivism ( 12 , 24 , 25 ).…”

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Challenges to Employing Shared Decision Making With Adults Under Community Supervision Who Have a Mental Illness

Matejkowski

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Adults under community corrections supervision and who have a mental illness (MI) are expected to comply with conditions of release which often include involvement with supportive social services. The rates of technical violation, arrest, and incarceration that result from failure to comply with these mandates are exceedingly high. Shared decision making among officer-supervisors and client-supervisees is a promising approach to promote engagement in community corrections services among supervisees who have MI. This paper reviews recent research on shared decision making and identifies three barriers to its implementation in this context: (1) a lack of role clarity, (2) a predilection for risk avoidance, and (3) stigma toward supervisees. Empirically supported recommendations are suggested to aid in overcoming these obstacles, facilitate shared decision making, and promote recovery among this population: (1) unification of supervisor rehabilitative and public safety roles, (2) maximizing opportunities for self-determination through low-stakes events and/or enhancement of supervisee strengths and capabilities, and (3) supervisor training in principles of mental health recovery.

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Challenges to Employing Shared Decision Making With Adults Under Community Supervision Who Have a Mental Illness

Matejkowski

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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“…In addition to the Risk and Need principles, the Responsivity principle states that evidence‐based treatment methods should be used (general responsivity) and tailored to patients' characteristics and capabilities (specific responsivity). The TA can be seen as a crucial part of specific responsivity but has received little attention in the specific elaboration of the RNR model (Sturm et al, 2021). Some studies focusing on TA in offender counselling provide additional insights.…”

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“…Some studies focusing on TA in offender counselling provide additional insights. For example, a study involving offenders exhibiting antisocial behaviour, though not necessarily diagnosed with ASPD, highlighted the importance of developing trust between probation workers and offenders in establishing a TA (Sturm et al, 2021). In a qualitative study by Ferrito and Moore (2017), therapists offering cognitive behavioural therapy to mentally disturbed offenders emphasized the importance of responsivity and creating a safe treatment environment.…”

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Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance

Aerts,

Rijckmans,

Bogaerts

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Psychol Psychother

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ObjectiveDeveloping good interpersonal relationships is one of the main impediments for people with an antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). However, in treatment of psychiatric disorders, establishing a strong therapeutic alliance (TA) is important for effective treatment. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge on how to establish this TA with this challenging patient group. This study investigates which factors are important in TA development.MethodFor this study, a qualitative research methodology is applied. In‐depth interviews with therapists experienced in treating ASPD were conducted and analysed through thematic analysis.ResultsThe analysis revealed six themes important in alliance formation: the patient's needs, regulating interpersonal dynamics, connective attitude, connective skills, treatment process and treatment goals. Each theme is defined including aspects of the recommended therapeutic attitude and required skills for therapists working with patients with ASPD.ConclusionsThis study determined that, for therapists working with patients with ASPD, several key factors are essential in establishing a strong TA. These factors include the ability to be firm, authentic, non‐judgmental and genuinely involved. An attentive presence is crucial, in which the therapist takes initiative in establishing contact and makes the patient feel that he is truly seen as an autonomous and equal person. In doing so, the therapist needs to provide clarity and structure while remaining perceptive to boundary violations. The therapist must be able to set limits using a clear yet kind tone of voice. Furthermore, it was notable that an intensive appeal is made to the therapist's reflective capacity in these treatments.

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“…There are key differences between the working alliance in the mandated context and the voluntary context; namely, alongside a strong bond, mutual trust, clarity regarding the imposed goals and restrictions, and a negative factor pertaining to friction or reactance 1 , are also of critical importance (Skeem et al, 2007; Sturm et al, 2021b). Although there is an emergent body of empirical knowledge investigating the alliance-outcome association within the mandated context, studies that included risk factors for recidivism in their research design have hitherto produced mixed results concerning whether the working alliance is predictive of positive outcomes (Blasko et al, 2015; Brocato and Wagner, 2008; Calhoun, 2018; Green et al, 2013; Kennealy et al, 2012; Skeem et al, 2007; Sturm et al, 2021a). Of these studies, only one found a significantly large positive association between the working alliance and positive outcomes of probation supervision amongst a sample of 109 parolees (Kennealy et al, 2012).…”

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Two sides of the working alliance: A qualitative study from the perspective of both probationers and probation officers

Sturm¹,

Vogel

Huibers

2022

European Journal of Probation

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The probationer–probation officer working alliance plays an important role in the outcome of probation supervision. This study explored the development of the working alliance between probationers and probation officers in the Netherlands, from the perspective of both probationers and probation officers. More specifically, we explored the significance of different aspects of the working alliance at the start of probation supervision and after a three-month period, as well as the role played by critical incidents during the supervisory process and their subsequent effect on the working alliance. Overall, the study showed that clarity over goals and restrictions was initially the most salient issue for both parties, and that after a three-month period the working alliance evolved into a trusting relationship. Several incidents were identified, probationers identified more positive moments and less negative moments than their PO counterparts. If these types of incidents are managed accordingly by the probation officer, then they can ultimately serve to strengthen the relationship.

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The Price of Mistrust: A Study into the Working Alliance as Predictor for Recidivism

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Challenges to Employing Shared Decision Making With Adults Under Community Supervision Who Have a Mental Illness

Challenges to Employing Shared Decision Making With Adults Under Community Supervision Who Have a Mental Illness

Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance

Two sides of the working alliance: A qualitative study from the perspective of both probationers and probation officers

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