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

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01799668

Enrollment

200

Registered

2013-02-27

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2013-10-31

Last updated

2013-02-27

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Conditions

Diagnosis, Psychiatric, Outpatient Followup of Psychiatric Problem

Keywords

Psychotherapy, Preferences

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Positive correlation between preferences- characteristics match and therapeutic alliance.	5 weeks	The match between therapists' preferences ant their client's characteristics will correlate positively with the measures of therapeutic alliance.

Countries

Israel

Outcome results