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Counselling Outcomes Attributable to the Working Alliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2015

John Barletta  and
Sally Fuller
John Barletta*
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, Australia
Sally Fuller
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, Australia
*
Dr John Barletta, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Prospect Road, Mitchelton, QLD 4053, Australia. Email: J.Barletta@mcauley.acu.edu.au
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Abstract

There is a multitude of counselling theories that have gained respectability for their theoretical and practical contributions to the profession. Although such theories have been instrumental in developing useful therapies, there remain significant differences in their interventions and techniques. Debates flourish over which school of counselling is better and which contribute to the best positive outcomes. Research has confirmed that there is no significant amount of outcome difference between the varying schools and that there is not one therapy that is superior in contributing to quality outcomes. A critical basic question has resurfaced in recent times; what makes counselling effective? If each school of counselling is done differently and uses different techniques, how then does each work? Part of the explanation comes from the “working alliance.” The working alliance that comprises the bond, goals and tasks that form a trans-theoretical view will be reviewed and explored with a focus on their application to counselling.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 12 , November 2002 , pp. 41 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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