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Therapeutic alliance has been identified as crucial to positive outcomes in counseling and psychotherapy. This paper describes the role of empathy in the alliance--defining it as a crucial element of therapeutic alliance.
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Why is it important?
It identifies and describes the very important role of empathy in counseling and psychotherapy effectiveness.
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This paper is highly viewed and cited as it describes in very basic form the very important role empathy plays in effective mental health treatment.
University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Robert Rocco Cottone
University of Missouri St. Louis
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This page is a summary of: The Importance of Empathy in the Therapeutic Alliance, The Journal of Humanistic Counseling Education and Development, March 2003, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/j.2164-490x.2003.tb00168.x.
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