Alliance

Aug 19, 20203 min read

What Matters? The Alliance Once Again

A trusting therapeutic relationship and outcome-oriented collaboration between therapist and patient are critical for the successful...

Jul 1, 20201 min read

What is Treatment?

Historically we have always been very fixated on modality-or type of therapy- and have always assumed that this is responsible for...

Mar 28, 20191 min read

Creating Helping Relationships That Matter

Relationships in and of themselves make a huge difference to treatment outcomes. The American Psychological Association have just...

Mar 20, 20191 min read

The Role of Emotional Expression in Treatment Outcomes

I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in...

Jan 24, 20192 min read

Have I Told You About My Self-Disclosure?

I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...

Dec 20, 20181 min read

Beyond the Alliance: Understanding the "Real" Relationship

The Therapeutic Alliance has always been found to be the central driver of outcomes in treatment studies, regardless of modality. But is...

Dec 13, 20181 min read

Ruptures in the Alliance Matter

Anyone who has heard me speak on treatment outcomes will know of my proclivity to stress the importance of alliance in treatment...

Phil Harris