Main description:

First published in 2002, the landmark Psychotherapy Relationships That Work broke new ground by focusing renewed and corrective attention on the substantial research behind the crucial (but often overlooked) client-therapist relationship. This highly cited, widely adopted classic is now presented in two volumes: Evidence-based Therapist Contributions, edited by John C. Norcross and Michael J. Lambert; and Evidence-based Therapist
Responsiveness, edited by John C. Norcross and Bruce E. Wampold.

Each chapter in the two volumes features a specific therapist behavior that improves treatment outcome, or a transdiagnostic patient characteristic by which clinicians can effectively tailor psychotherapy. In addition to updates to existing chapters, the third edition features new chapters on the real relationship, emotional expression, immediacy, therapist self-disclosure, promoting treatment credibility, and adapting therapy to the patient's gender identity and sexual orientation.

All chapters provide original meta-analyses, clinical examples, landmark studies, diversity considerations, training implications, and most importantly, research-infused therapeutic practices by distinguished contributors. Featuring expanded coverage and an enhanced practice focus, the third edition of the seminal Psychotherapy Relationships That Work offers a compelling synthesis of the best available research, clinical expertise, and patient characteristics in the tradition of
evidence-based practice. Like the original, this new edition is "A veritable gold mine of research related to relationships, a volume that should be an invaluable reference for every student and practitioner of psychotherapy" (Psychotherapy).

Contents:

Preface
Contents
Contributors
Editors

1. Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Relationships: The Third Task Force
John C. Norcross & Michael J. Lambert

2. Alliance in Adult Psychotherapy
Christoph Fluckiger, A. C. Del Re, Bruce E. Wampold, & Adam O. Horvath

3. Alliance in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Marc S. Karver, Alessandro S. De Nadai, Maureen Monahan, & Stephen R. Shirk

4. Alliances in Couple and Family Therapy
Myrna L. Friedlander, Valentin Escudero, Marianne J. Welmers-van de Poll, & Laurie Heatherington

5. Goal Consensus and Collaboration
Georgiana Shick Tryon, Sarah E. Birch, & Jay Verkuilen

6. Cohesion in Group Therapy
Gary M. Burlingame, Debra Theobald McClendon, & Chongming Yang

7. Empathy
Robert Elliott, Arthur C. Bohart, Jeanne C. Watson, & David Murphy

8. Positive Regard and Affirmation
Barry A. Farber, Jessica Y. Suzuki, & David A. Lynch

9. Congruence/Genuineness
Gregory G. Kolden, Chia-Chiang Wang, Sara B. Austin, Yunling Chang, & Marjorie H. Klein

10. The Real Relationship
Charles J. Gelso, Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., & Rayna D. Markin

11. Self-Disclosure and Immediacy
Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, & Kristen G. Pinto-Coelho

12. Emotional Expression
Paul R. Peluso & Robert R. Freund

13. Cultivating Positive Outcome Expectation
Michael J. Constantino, Andreea Visla, Alice E. Coyne, & James F. Boswell

14. Promoting Treatment Credibility
Michael J. Constantino, Alice E. Coyne, James F. Boswell, Brittany R. Iles, & Andreea Visla

15. Managing Countertransference
Jeffrey A. Hayes, Charles J. Gelso, D. Martin Kivlighan, & Simon B. Goldberg

16. Repairing Alliance Ruptures
Catherine F. Eubanks, J. Christopher Muran, & Jeremy D. Safran

17. Collecting and Delivering Client Feedback
Michael J. Lambert, Jason L. Whipple, & Maria Kleinstauber

18. What Works in the Psychotherapy Relationship: Results, Conclusions, and Practices
John C. Norcross & Michael J. Lambert