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What Matters? The Alliance Once Again
A trusting therapeutic relationship and outcome-oriented collaboration between therapist and patient are critical for the successful...
Phil Harris
Aug 19, 20203 min read


What is Treatment?
Historically we have always been very fixated on modality-or type of therapy- and have always assumed that this is responsible for...
Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20201 min read


Creating Helping Relationships That Matter
Relationships in and of themselves make a huge difference to treatment outcomes. The American Psychological Association have just...
Phil Harris
Mar 29, 20191 min read


The Role of Emotional Expression in Treatment Outcomes
I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in...
Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20191 min read


Have I Told You About My Self-Disclosure?
I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...
Phil Harris
Jan 24, 20192 min read


Beyond the Alliance: Understanding the "Real" Relationship
The Therapeutic Alliance has always been found to be the central driver of outcomes in treatment studies, regardless of modality. But is...
Phil Harris
Dec 20, 20181 min read


Ruptures in the Alliance Matter
Anyone who has heard me speak on treatment outcomes will know of my proclivity to stress the importance of alliance in treatment...
Phil Harris
Dec 14, 20181 min read
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