Episode 11: "Alliance Rupture and Repair" with Catherine Eubanks, PhD

Catherine Eubanks, PhD is co-director of the Center for Alliance-Focused Training, and professor of clinical psychology at Adelphi University. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and received the Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2015. Dr. Eubanks helped to develop the Rupture Resolution Rating System and is coauthor of Therapist Performance under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference and Rupture. She also recently released Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy as part of the APA Video Series.
In this episode, Bruce and Catherine discuss the importance of a good working therapeutic alliance, particularly how to recognize and repair ruptures in the alliance, both big and small. They identify the most common markers of alliance ruptures, and talk about how clinical supervisors can work with therapists in training to better recognize these markers. They also talk about supervision of supervisors, and other applications of the alliance rupture framework outside of psychotherapy.
Learn more about Catherine's work at: www.therapeuti...
References:
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Davies, R., Rees, A., & Barkham, M. (2004). Patterns of alliance development
and the rupture-repair hypothesis: Are productive relationships U-shaped or
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Safran, J. D., & Muran, J. C. (1996). The resolution of ruptures in the therapeutic
alliance. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 447-458.
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[@adamb.9968]

Ihave watched a few interviews with him lately so not sure if it was here, but can’t help but think of Jonathan Shedler’s emphasis on “rupture” and the exploration of it as the essence of therapy, the key to understanding relational difficulties that are typically pervasive for the client- those ideas seem under-explored here.

[@ell3y]

Thank you for this great interview. It's exciting as a novice to hear the thoughts from a renounced psychotherapist and the great mind of Catherine, who for sure will be considered a prominent researcher on this topic. Thanks for sharing!

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[@belindabezuidenhout8056]

Interesting how the client's contribution to causation is often scrutinized and therapist’s contributing factors are downplayed. Therapists need to get real about their own personalities annd countertransference. Clients often are responding to something that the therapist really could have done better.