Partial table of contents:

CONCEPTUAL AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES.

Theory and Research on the Therapeutic Working Alliance: New Directions (E. Bordin).

Therapeutic Alliances as Predictors of Psychotherapy Outcomes: Factors Explaining the Predictive Success (L. Luborsky).

The Therapeutic Alliance as Interpersonal Process (W. Henry & H. Strupp).

The California Psychotherapy Alliance Scales (L. Gaston & C. Marmar).

THE ALLIANCE IN DIVERSE THERAPIES.

The Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (P. Raue & M. Goldfried).

The Alliance in Experiential Therapy: Enacting the Relationship Conditions (J. Watson & L. Greenberg).

THE ALLIANCE AS PROCESS.

The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in Psychoanalytic Therapy with Borderline Patients (S. Frieswyk, et al.).

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS.

Research on the Alliance (A. Horvath).

Indexes.