Hundreds of studies suggest that the patient–therapist alliance is the most consistent
predictor of treatment outcome across patients, therapists, types of treatment and settings …

Objective Few studies have investigated the role of generic relational factors, such as group
cohesion and working alliance, in group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for social anxiety …

Background and objectives We know little about how symptoms of obsessive-compulsive
disorder and depression interact during psychological therapy. Although some previous …

Bidirectional associations between changes in symptoms and alliance are established for in-
person psychotherapy. Alliance may play an important role in promoting engagement and …

Clinical trials support the promise of psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) and reveal potential
mechanisms underlying efficacy. Out of necessity, initial studies of PAT have focused on …

Objective: Identifying predictors of dropout is an important step in improving treatment
outcomes. The alliance is the most frequently studied psychotherapy process variable, but …

Objective: The therapeutic alliance is a dyadic process involving both patient and therapist
perspectives. We investigated the effect of patient and therapist agreement on the alliance in …

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is an umbrella term that refers to psychological therapies
founded on the premise that (a) cognitive and behavioral processes are implicated in the …

Objective: The aim of this article was to introduce the Asymmetric Fixed Effects (AFE) model
to psychotherapy mechanisms of change researchers as a novel way of studying the effects …

Objective Knowledge about predictors of early response (ER) remains limited. This study
examined patient, process, and therapist variables to predict ER in a naturalistic setting …