The therapeutic alliance: the fundamental element of psychotherapy

Stubbe, Dorothy E.

doi:10.1176/appi.focus.20180022

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The therapeutic alliance: the fundamental element of psychotherapy

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Stubbe, Dorothy E.·2018·Focus

DOI 10.1176/appi.focus.20180022PMC PMC6493237

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In my early professional years, I was asking the question, How can I treat, or cure, or change this person?Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?-Carl R. Rogers

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Authors: Stubbe, D. E.
Affiliations: Yale University (US)
Corresponding author: Stubbe, Dorothy E.
ORCID: Stubbe, Dorothy E.
Venue: Focus
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published: 2018-10
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 402-403
ISSN: 1541-4094 (ISSN-L)
1541-4108
DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20180022
PMC: PMC6493237
OpenAlex: W2897106428
Cited by: 97
References: 9
Citations by year: 2026: 35 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4
FWCI: 1.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
Keywords: therapeutic relationship, psychotherapy, Carl Rogers, personal growth, client change

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