EFFECT OF RATER ORIENTATION ON THE EVALUATION OF THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE

Alliance ratings from psychodynamic coders were compared with those of cognitive-behavioral coders on the same data set of significant psych odynamic-interpersonal (n = 13) and cognitive-behavior therapy session s (n = 18). Results indicate a high correspondence between the ratings of the two sets of coders. The psychodynamic coders, however, rated b oth therapy conditions significantly lower than the cognitive-behavior al coders. Unlike cognitive-behavioral coders, psychodynamic coders di d not rate cognitive-behavior sessions significantly higher than psych odynamic-interpersonal sessions. Implications for research are discuss ed.