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Early Alliance

Early Alliance is a construct in psychotherapy research that denotes the quality of the collaborative and affective bond established between therapist and client during the initial sessions of treatment, distinguished from later or overall alliance by its specific temporal focus and predictive validity for therapeutic outcomes.

213

Publications

14.6K

Citations

634

Authors

296

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

32

Variants

Initial Therapeutic Alliance

Parents

Publications

213

Two Helping Alliance Methods for Predicting Outcomes of Psychotherapy

Lester Luborsky, Paul Crits-Christoph, Leslie B. Alexander et al. · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 1983 · 297 citations

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Alliance predicts patients' outcome beyond in-treatment change in symptoms.

Jacques P. Barber, Mary Beth Connolly, Paul Crits‐Christoph et al. · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 2000 · 293 citations

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A Novel Brief Therapy for Patients Who Attempt Suicide: A 24-months Follow-Up Randomized Controlled Study of the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP)

Anja Gysin-Maillart, Simon Schwab, Leila M. Soravia et al. · PLoS Medicine · 2016 · 285 citations · Full text

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Developing the therapeutic alliance in child—adolescent psychotherapy

Raymond DiGiuseppe, Jean Linscott, Robin Jilton · Applied and Preventive Psychology · 1996 · 270 citations

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Patient Attachment Orientation and the Early Working Alliance-A Study of Patient and Therapist Reports of Alliance Quality and Ruptures

Victoria Eames, A. Roth · Psychotherapy Research · 2000 · 269 citations

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Authors

634

  1. MJ
    Michael J. Constantino

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    11 publications · 669 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. MJ
    Mark J. Hilsenroth

    Adelphi University, United States

    9 publications · 557 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. JP
    Jacques P. Barber

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

    h-index

  4. BD
    Bryce D. McLeod

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    8 publications · 343 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. JD
    Jean‐Nicolas Despland

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    7 publications · 295 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

296

  1. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Adelphi University

    Garden City, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    957 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    733 citations

  5. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    801 citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    770 citations

  7. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    830 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    2.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Psychotherapy Research

    37 publications · 2.6K citations

    30

    h-index

  2. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

    26 publications · 3.4K citations

    22

    h-index

  3. Psychotherapy

    20 publications · 1K citations

    17

    h-index

  4. Journal of Counseling Psychology

    9 publications · 578 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

    8 publications · 210 citations

    8

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