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Therapist empathy, homework compliance, and outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: partitioning within- and between-therapist effects

Abstract

Although client-perceived therapist empathy relates to positive therapy outcomes, including in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), little is known about how empathy exerts its ameliorative effect. One possible way is by promoting clients' subsequent homework compliance, a variable that also predicts positive outcomes in CBT. The present study sought to investigate simultaneously, in the context of 43 therapist-client dyads receiving 15 sessions …

Authors

Hara KM; Aviram A; Constantino MJ; Westra HA; Antony MM

Journal

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 375–390

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

September 3, 2017

DOI

10.1080/16506073.2016.1253605

ISSN

1650-6073