Detection of types of alliance ruptures: Influence of therapists’ characteristics
The aim of the study is to assess the association between therapists’ individual characteristics and their ability to detect therapeutic alliance withdrawal and confrontation ruptures, taking into account the level of clinical experience. Personal dispositions such as attachment, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and empathy were synthesized into two higher order factors, emotional reactivity and emotional awareness. Overall, the results suggest that these two factors are positively associated with detection performance in the experienced group, but not in the inexperienced group. They promote the establishment of personalized training to improve the detection capacity of therapists.