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Therapeutic Alliance Tensions and Repair in Psychotherapy Practices

NCT03453957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

This study evaluates a professional development program intended to improve the relationship or alliance between therapists and patients/clients who are receiving psychotherapy in the community. Half of the participating therapists will receive training to detect and improve alliance with new patients while half will not. The professional development training is expected to improve therapists effectiveness in identifying and correcting alliance tensions which will, in turn, improve therapeutic outcomes for patients/clients.

Conditions

  • Psychotherapy
  • Therapeutic Alliance

Interventions

OTHER

Professional development program

Professional development program consists of training including workshops and consultation sessions to enhance therapists ability to detect and repair alliance ruptures in active community based psychotherapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Ottawa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giorgio Tasca, Ph.D. · University of Ottawa

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-01
Primary Completion
2021-05-14
Completion
2021-08-14

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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