Client expectancies about therapy Article

Dew, SE, Bickman, L. (2005). Client expectancies about therapy . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 7(1), 21-33. 10.1007/s11020-005-1963-5

cited authors

  • Dew, SE; Bickman, L

authors

abstract

  • Client expectancies about therapy are considered a common factor, that is, a feature of therapy that is not specific to any particular technique or approach. This review includes both child- and adult-focused studies from the expectancies literature, emphasizing findings about the relationship between expectancies and factors including client improvement, attrition, and therapeutic alliance (TA). Results suggest that expectancies are related to both client improvement and TA, but do not support a relationship between expectancies and attrition. We then present two preliminary hypothesized pathways of how pretreatment client characteristics and therapy outcomes relate to role and outcome expectancies. Implications of these pathways are discussed. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.

publication date

  • March 1, 2005

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start page

  • 21

end page

  • 33

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 1