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

Diagnosis, Psychiatric Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01799668
• Other study ID #: 0001-13 HYMC
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 10, 2013
• Last updated: February 26, 2013
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diagnosis, Psychiatric
• Mental Disorders
• Outpatient Followup of Psychiatric Problem

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Hillel Yaffe Medical Center	Hadera

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Positive correlation between preferences- characteristics match and therapeutic alliance.	The match between therapists' preferences ant their client's characteristics will correlate positively with the measures of therapeutic alliance.	5 weeks	No