I did learn some things from the reading and it certainly has me questioning myself and what I do in the room with clients (which is a good thing).

When analyses of variance were computed exploring the relationships with the length of treatment (the number of sessions attended by the client), there was a surprising finding that the age of the therapist ( F = 6. Once therapists agreed to participate in this study, they were sent packets containing all the materials they would need. A good exploration of the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship, explained simply but introducing profound issues about getting the right balance between counsellors/psychotherapists and clients i. The reliability and validity of SPI were demonstrated in a study by Landes, 26 who showed internal consistency and test-retest reliability, as well as concurrent validity, for the Affects, Sensations, Cognitions, and Interpersonal Relations modality scales through correlations with the MBTI.

This study was designed to explore the importance of therapist–client similarity from the holistic and comprehensive viewpoint of multimodal therapy. Highly lucid and yet simple explanation of the evolution of psychodynamic and person centred therapy, and a detailed examination of the pros and cons of each style. Similarity/dissimilarity was determined on the basis of Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) profiles.

The humanistic approach was another school that greatly contributed to the formation of the therapeutic relationship. Thus, an additional strength of the SPI is that it can be used to roughly measure the nature and severity of a client's clinical symptoms.Modality scores (corrected for elevation) are then corrected for “scatter” by dividing them by the standard deviation of the modality scores (e. Kahn describes the various approaches to the therapeutic relationship delineated by Freud, Rogers, Gill, and Kohut, and then does a great job integrating all of the disparate threads into a cohesive set of guidelines for therapists.