Therapists' Preferences for Client Characteristics and Their Influence on the Therapeutic Alliance

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center200 enrolled

Overview

The research will examine psychotherapists' preferences for theoretical client characteristics, such as age, gender, personality characteristics and symptoms. The research will also examine the preferences' influence on the therapeutic alliance, from the therapist's and the client's point of view.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Diagnosis, Psychiatric Outpatient Followup of Psychiatric Problem

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Outpatients over the age of 18, * Hebrew speakers, * Not in a psychotic state. Exclusion Criteria: * Psychotic state, * Under the age of 18, * Not qualified to answer the questions, * Don't speak any Hebrew at all.

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Hadera, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Positive correlation between preferences- characteristics match and therapeutic alliance.

The match between therapists' preferences ant their client's characteristics will correlate positively with the measures of therapeutic alliance.

Time frame: 5 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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