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The therapeutic alliance between study participants and intervention facilitators is associated with acute effects and clinical outcomes in a psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for major depressive disorder
These findings highlight the importance of the therapeutic relationship in PAT. Future research should explore therapist and participant characteristics which maximize the therapeutic alliance and evaluate its relationship to treatment outcomes.
Preliminary evidence for the importance of therapeutic alliance in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
Among individuals with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder, therapeutic alliance predicted changes in posttraumatic stress disorder severity following MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Therapeutic alliance may play a key role in facilitating therapeutic improvement within MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Further research remains necessary to confirm these preliminary findings and the role of therapeutic alliance in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.
The therapeutic alliance and its relevance in psychedelic assisted psychotherapy
In psychedelic-assisted therapy, the therapeutic container is built upon alliance, trust, safety, and support. The history of the therapeutic alliance is reviewed and applied to the work of psychedelic psychotherapy.
Toward a new science of psychedelic social psychology: The effects of MDMA (ecstasy) on social connection
Improved relationships, reduced loneliness, stronger therapeutic alliances.
Therapeutic alliance and rapport modulate responses to psilocybin assisted therapy for depression
Future research should ... consider how therapeutic approaches might adapt in cases of weaker therapeutic alliance.
A qualitative exploration of relational ethical challenges and practices in psychedelic healing.
This is an excellent qualitative research study on particular practitioner-client relationship challenges in psychedelic therapy.
Psychedelics, placebo effects, and set and setting: Insights from common factors theory of psychotherapy.
Psychedelics, placebo effects, and set and setting: Insights from common factors theory of psychotherapy