Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions

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Murphy, David and Cramer, Duncan (2014) Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions. Psychotherapy Research, 24 (6). pp. 651-661. ISSN 1050-3307

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Objective: Research on the effects of Rogers’s therapeutic relationship conditions has typically focused on the unilateral provision of empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence from therapist to client. Method: This study looked at both client and therapist mutuality of the Rogerian therapeutic conditions and the association between mutuality and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions. Clients (N = 62; mean age = 24.32; 77% female, 23% male) and therapists (N = 12; mean age = 34.32; nine female and three male) rated one another using the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory after the first and third session. Results: Both clients and therapists perceived the quality of the

relationship as improved over time. Client rating of psychological distress (CORE-OM) was lower after session 3 than at session 1 (es = .85, [95% CIs: .67, 1.03]). Hierarchical multiple regression was used to test the predictive power of mutually high levels of the therapeutic conditions on treatment progress. The association between client rating of therapist-provided

conditions and treatment progress at session 3 was higher when both clients and therapists rated each other as providing high levels of the therapeutic conditions (R2 change = .073, p < .03). Conclusions: The findings suggest mutuality of Rogers’s therapeutic conditions is related to treatment progress.

Keywords: therapeutic relationship; psychotherapy; mutuality; treatment progress

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/723501
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Psychotherapy Research on 06/02/2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10503307.2013.874051
Keywords: Rogers's therapeutic relationship conditions; Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education
Identification Number: 10.1080/10503307.2013.874051
Depositing User: Leavesley, Tracy
Date Deposited: 10 Sep 2015 13:05
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:43
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/29898

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