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Therapist empathy and client outcome: An updated meta-analysis.
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Put simply, empathy refers to understanding what another person is experiencing or trying to express. Therapist empathy has a long history as a hypothesized key change process in psychotherapy. We begin by discussing definitional issues and presenting an integrative definition. We then review measures of therapist empathy, including the conceptual problem of separating empathy from other relationship variables. We follow this with clinical examples illustrating different forms of therapist empathy and empathic response modes. The core of our review is a meta-analysis of research on the relation between therapist empathy and client outcome. Results indicated that empathy is a moderately strong predictor of therapy outcome: mean weighted r = .28 (p < .001; 95% confidence interval [.23, .33]; equivalent of d = .58) for 82 independent samples and 6,138 clients. In general, the empathy-outcome relation held for different theoretical orientations and client presenting problems; however, there was considerable heterogeneity in the effects. Client, observer, and therapist perception measures predicted client outcome better than empathic accuracy measures. We then consider the limitations of the current data. We conclude with diversity considerations and practice recommendations, including endorsing the different forms that empathy may take in therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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“The correlation between standard error of r and effect size was .06,indicating an absence of bias deriving from smaller studies with less precise effects producing larger effects.”
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“having a smaller sample of clients (-.24)”
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“Although the overall between-groups effect was statistically significant (Q = 70.15,df = 4, 76; p < .01)”
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“Smaller effects were found for mild/normal/physical problems (.17; k = 6)”
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“We found significant heterogeneity in the empathy-outcome association, pointing to the value of personalization and clinical judgment.”
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“There was some evidence that empathy-outcome association was stronger for clients in outpatient settings.”
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“The largest empathy-outcome association was for severe/chronic incarcerated populations (.32; k = 15 studies)”
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“slightly better than observer rated measures (.21; n = 102)”
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“client measures predicted outcome the best (mean weighted r = .27;k = 117 effects)”
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“with their mean effect statistically smaller than effects for each of the other three measures (p < .05).”
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“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8% Fail safe number 13 33 * p < .001”
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“each of these mean effects was significantly greater than zero (p < .001)but did not differ significantly from each other.”
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“We found that the empathy-outcome association held up across a wide range of variables, both substantive (client presenting problem/severity, therapy format, theoretical orientation) and methodological (year of publication, level/size of unit at which empathy was measured).”
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“In general, the empathy-outcome relation held for different theoretical orientations and client presenting problems; however, there was considerable heterogeneity in the effects.”
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“average effects were somewhat smaller, at .21 (95% CI: .18-.24; equivalent to d = .43).”
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“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8% Fail safe number 13 33 * p < .001”
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“This repeated finding, in more than 80 studies and now in multiple meta-analyses, leads to the following clinical recommendations:”
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“There is no evidence that therapists accurately predicting clients' own views of their problems or experiences or self-perceptions is effective.”
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“This value was 33 studies for the study level effect of .28; the comparable number for effect level effects was only 12.”
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“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8% Fail safe number 13 33 * p < .001”
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“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8% Fail safe number 13 33 * p < .001”
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“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8% Fail safe number 13 33 * p < .001”
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“Using global outcome variables like client satisfaction resulted in larger associations between therapist empathy and outcome, possibly because of confounding between client perceptions of empathy and client ratings of post-therapy satisfaction.”
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“As we have shown, empathy is a robust medium-sized predictor of client outcome in psychotherapy that holds across theoretical orientations, treatment formats, and client problems.”
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“Any one of these conditions without the others would provide a distinctly different interpersonal climate and relationship.”
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“In fact, these and other problems are not restricted to empathy research but are common to all process-outcome research (Elliott, 2010).”
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- Not checked yetcites Elliott, 2010
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“Overall, empathy typically accounts for more outcome variance than do specific treatment methods (compare Wampold's, 2015, estimate of d = .2for intervention effects).”
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- Not checked yetcites Wampold's, 2015
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“Empathy will probably not prove effective unless it is grounded in authentic caring for the client.”
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“The abstracts of the potential sources were screened by the four co-authors, with a sample of 200 studies to assess reliability (kappa = .61).”
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“which were each evaluated by two of the co-authors (kappa = .45),with all disagreements resolved by discussion to consensus”
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“These 24 studies were added to 58 studies that were carried over from our prior metaanalysis (Elliott et al., 2011), resulting in a total of 82 samples of clients (from 80 separate studies), aggregated from 290 separate tests of the empathy-outcome association and encompassing a total of 6138 clients, who were seen for an average of 25 sessions.”
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- Not checked yetcites Elliott et al., 2011
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“study-level analyses used averaged individual effects within client samples before further analysis, thus avoiding problems of nonindependence and eliminating bias due to variable numbers of effects reported in different studies (Lipsey & Wilson, 2001).”
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“the funnel plot is quite symmetrical, making it unlikely that the overall effect would be shifted negatively if a larger number of more powerful studies were to be published.”
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“These include: (a) the questionable validity of some outcome measures (e.g., 15% of the studies included here used client-rated benefit or satisfaction with value of helpfulness of therapy as their main outcome measure); (b) restricted range of predictor and criterion variables; (c) confounding among many study characteristics (e.g., type of empathy and outcome variable, timing of empathy and outc”
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“the 2011 meta-analysis was conducted on 57 studies (224 effects) and encompassed a total of 3,599 clients.The average weighted correlation between empathy and outcome was an r of .31.”
§ Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-analysis > Results of Previous Reviews
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- Not checked yetcites Elliott, Bohart, Watson & Greenberg, 2011
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“(1) Precedence: The hypothesized causal variable must reliably precede the effect variable. Mixed: Not satisfied in all studies, but overall statistically significant (although smaller) effects are found when the precedence condition was satisfied.”
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“We decided in this meta-analysis to apply a content validity criterion by including only studies in which the”
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“This empathic engagement predicts better client outcomes [22]; however, leaves MHWs at increased risk of EBS [19, 23].”
From Interventions to address empathy-based stress in mental health workers: A scoping review and research agenda (2024) · cites this paper as [22]
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“People accessing mental health services have been found to have better outcomes if they experience compassionate [1] and empathic [2] relationships with staff caring for them.”
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“In fact, therapist empathy and alliance have been found to be robust predictors of therapy success across multiple studies of different therapies and clinical populations (Elliott et al., 2018;Flückiger et al., 2018;Martin et al., 2000).”
From A mixed methods study of autistic adults' mental health therapy experiences (2023) · cites this paper as Elliott et al., 2018
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“On the common factors side, widely studied factors shown to correlate with outcomes include therapeutic alliance52, goal consensus and collaboration between therapist and patient66, and therapist empathy67.”
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“the comparable number for effect level effects was only 12.”
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“Fail safe number 13 33”
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“We did, however, replicate the significant differences we previously found among the empathy measurement perspectives, using effect level analyses (Table 3; between-groups Q, p < .001).”
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“Table 3 Causal Inference Conditions for Process-Outcome Correlational Research”
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“resulting in a total of 82 samples of clients (from 80 separate studies)”
§ Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-analysis > Diversity Considerations
“Table 1 PRISMA Information for Empathy-Outcome Meta-analysis Stage Studies included Studies excluded Notes 1. Search Result: 2,222 Date of search: 3 March 2017 2. Abstract screening stage: Possible Empathy => Outcome studies 148 2,074 Not empathy => outcome studies 3. Screening for duplicates 133 15 Including 14 from Elliott et al., 2011 4. Full text retrieval 99 34 Unable to retrieve full text 5. Full text review & analysis, plus studies carried over from Elliott et al., 2011 24 + 58 = 82”
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
§ Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-analysis > Overall Empathy-Outcome Association
“a study-level Cochrane's Q of 348.68 (p < .001)and a large I 2 of 72%.”
§ Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-analysis > Diversity Considerations
“Cochrane's Q 1039.2*348.68*I 2 72.2% 76.8%”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Elliott, R., Bohart, A. C., Watson, J. C., & Murphy, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Elliott, Robert
- Venue
- Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 399-410
- ISSN
- 0033-3204 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1536
- OpenAlex
- W2897362601
- Semantic Scholar
- f8cb722ce1760eb9a601849b1586d8f6fccac372
- Cited by
- 495
- References
- 118
- Citations by year
- 2026: 97 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 30.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Nottingham ePrints (University of Nottingham) (acceptedVersion)
- Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (submittedVersion)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Empathy and Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Keywords
- therapist empathy, client outcomes, psychotherapy outcome, empathic accuracy, consumer perception, viewer perception, therapist perspectives, theoretical orientation
- MeSH terms
- Attitude of Health Personnel, Mental Disorders, Empathy, Humans, Professional-Patient Relations, Psychotherapy, Treatment Outcome
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