MODERATING EFFECTS OF CLIENT ATTACHMENT ON THE COUNSELOR EXPERIENCE WORKING ALLIANCE RELATIONSHIP

Citation
Dm. Kivlighan et al., MODERATING EFFECTS OF CLIENT ATTACHMENT ON THE COUNSELOR EXPERIENCE WORKING ALLIANCE RELATIONSHIP, Journal of counseling psychology, 45(3), 1998, pp. 274-278
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Applied","Psychology, Educational
ISSN journal
00220167
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
274 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0167(1998)45:3<274:MEOCAO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors predicted that client attachment status would moderate the relationship between counselor experience and client-perceived workin g alliance. Forty clients from 2 university counseling centers complet ed measures of attachment and the working alliance. Their counselors w ere classified according to experience level. Client comfort with inti macy was related to a stronger alliance with the counselors. However, counselor experience was unrelated to client-rated working alliance. C lient attachment, specifically comfort with intimacy, moderated the re lationship between counselor experience and working alliance.