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Dimensions of the therapeutic relationship : The therapist perspective
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | An authentic and confidential relationship is often regarded as a basic condition and an agent of psychotherapeutic change. Although considerable evidence already exists for specific "ingredients" that contribute to a good therapeutic relationship (e.g., emotional bond, therapists` empathy, or goal consensus), little is known about the different forms and "shades" that a therapeutic relationship may take in different contexts. This paper aims to explore the basic dimensions of the therapeutic relationship from therapist perspective. In a survey on Czech psychotherapists and counselors (N=373), respondents were asked to capture the nature of the psychotherapist`s role, as they perceive it in their practice, using a set of metaphors. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors which will be presented and discussed in the context of the contemporary empirical literature. |
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