An introduction : establishing the context and rationale / J. Christopher Muran and Jacques P. Barber Alliance theory and measurement / Robert L. Hatcher The validity of the alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome / Jacques P. Barber, Shabad-Ratan Khalsa, and Brian A. Sharpless The alliance over time / William B. Stiles and Jacob Z. Goldsmith Qualitative studies of negative experiences in psychotherapy / Clara E. Hill Alliance ruptures and resolution / Catherine Eubanks-Carter, J. Christopher Muran, and Jeremy D. Safran A psychodynamic perspective on the therapeutic alliance : theory, research, and practice / Stanley B. Messer and David L. Wolitzky An interpersonal perspective on therapy alliances and techniques / Lorna Smith Benjamin and Kenneth L. Critchfield The therapeutic alliance in cognitive-behavioral therapy / Louis G. Castonguay ... [et al.] A functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) approach to the therapeutic alliance / Mavis Tsai, Robert J. Kohlenberg, and Jonathan W. Kanter
The therapeutic alliance in humanistic psychotherapy / Jeanne C. Watson and Freda Kalogerakos
Therapeutic alliances in couple therapy : the web of relationships / Adam O. Horvath, Dianne Symonds, and Luis Tapia
Therapeutic alliances and alliance building in family therapy / Valentín Escudero, Laurie Heatherington, and Myrna L. Friedlander
The therapeutic alliance in group therapy / William E. Piper and John S. Ogrodniczuk
Developing skills in managing negative process / Jeffrey L. Binder and William P. Henry
Training in alliance-fostering techniques / Paul Crits-Christoph, Katherine Crits-Christoph, and Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons
Developing therapist abilities to negotiate alliance ruptures / J. Christopher Muran, Jeremy D. Safran, and Catherine Eubanks-Carter
Coda : recommendations for practice and training / Brian A. Sharpless, J. Christopher Muran, and Jacques P. Barber.