"Despite rapid growth in psychological therapies, the evidence guiding effective training and supervision methods remains strikingly sparse. This book brilliantly addresses this gap by presenting alliance-focused training with remarkable clarity, making it an indispensable addition to every psychological educators tool kit. It not only provides a lucid and practical framework for navigating some of the most challenging clinical scenarios therapists encounter, but it also introduces a structured and evidence-informed approach to supervision and deliberate practice, enabling these essential skills to become deeply ingrained. Anyone actively involved in training or supervising others to deliver psychological treatments of any type must read and learn from this book." - Professor Peter Fonagy, PhD, CBE, FMedSci, FBA, FAcSS, Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, England
"This book rests on decades of work that have provided conceptual models, practical guidelines, and empirical research to address the clinical reality of alliance ruptures. Now, Muran, Eubanks, Samstag, and Macdonald are offering a broad, detailed, flexible, and transtheoretical system to train and supervise clinicians in identifying and repairing such ruptures. With the addition of this chef-doeuvre, it is difficult to think of a more cohesive, programmatic, actionable, helpful, and visible contribution to todays field of psychotherapy." - Louis G. Castonguay, PhD, Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
"Whether you are training from a psychodynamic, cognitive behavior, emotion-focused, feministmulticultural, or integrative perspective, this book will speak to you and enrich your supervision and training! The clienttherapist alliance is one of the strongest contributors toward therapy success and therefore learning to bolster alliances and to address alliance ruptures is an essential, valuable skill set. The authors, who are leading experts in this area, bring insight, sensitivity, and clear guidance on how to conduct therapy in an alliance-focused manner. I especially enjoyed the many tips for managing the tricky issues that often arise within therapy and supervisory contexts. I will recommend that my students and colleagues rush out to obtain a copy!" - Heidi M. Levitt, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States
"From the masters and leaders of AFT, this primer book provides an exceptionally comprehensive and integrative protocol that builds on human relations, alliance and emotion theories, microtheories of change, process measures, up-to-date research evidence, and a wealth of clinical expertise in practice and supervision. Educators, trainers, supervisors, trainees, and practicing psychotherapists will find the step-by-step AFT protocol with its didactic instruction, experiential exercises, and profound illustrations of individual and group supervision to be engaging and eye-opening in their depth, breadth, and richness." - Hadas Wiseman, PhD, School of Therapy, Counseling, and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
