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

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Outpatient Followup of Psychiatric Problem

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01799668

0001-13 HYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.