The Role of Therapeutic Alliance in Therapy Outcomes for Youth in Residential Care

In, out and after care: Young adults' views on their lives, as children, in a therapeutic residential establishment

“…There is, in the literature on children's views and experiences of TCHs, an overlap with the first of the two above themes, with there being a focus on the general performance of the institution (Davidson-Arad, 2005;Schiff, Nebe and Gilman, 2006) and on children's encounters with therapy (Cunningham, Duffee, Huang, Steinke and Naccarato, 2009;Handwerk, Huefner, Ringle, Howard, Soper, Almquist and Chmelka, 2008). There are two other areas that have been a focus of attention in this literature: children's relationships with staff (Pazaratz, 1999); and their relationship with their parents or wider family (Freundlich and Avery, 2005;Kott, 2010).…”

Conceptualising a Proposed Support Strategy for Sexually Abused Boys in Middle Childhood

“…Research literature (Armstrong, 2012;Otten & Tuttle, 2011) confirms the importance of the relationship between the role player and the child. The role players will not be able to support the MCSA child effectively unless this relationship is deep (Handwerk, Huefner, Ringle, Howard, Soper, Almquist & Chmelka, 2008) and built on trust (Arias & Johnson, 2013;Cohen et al, 2012). The strengths perspective highlights that this relationship should be one where the role player believes in the boy as an individual (Jones-Smith, 2011; Sabalauskas et al, 2014).…”

Care and Control: Working Alliance Among Adolescents in Authoritarian Settings

“…(Everall & Paulson, 2002, p. 84) In their study of young offenders followed up in residential settings, Handwerk et al (2008) discussed the importance of the therapeutic environment. They concluded that the reduction of symptoms was not proportional to the quality of the working alliance, although significant reductions were in fact observed in all participants.…”

“…Despite the fact that a good portion of the research on alliance in adolescents is based on samples subject to judicial constraint, the authoritarian context in which the adolescents and counselors find themselves is often not taken into account in the analysis of the quality of interpersonal relationships (see e.g., Bickman et al, 2004;Manso et al, 2008;Handwerk et al, 2008;Zegers et al, 2006).…”

“…The immediate environment. In contexts that restrict freedom, the immediate environment appears to be important (Brocato & Wagner, 2008;Everall & Paulson, 2002;Handwerk et al, 2008;Northey, 1999;Ross et al, 2008). Interventions often take place in relatively austere and bare environments (Ross et al, 2008).…”