CLIENT ATTACHMENT TO THERAPIST, DEPTH OF IN-SESSION EXPLORATION, AND OBJECT RELATIONS IN BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY

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Perceived coping as a mediator between attachment and psychological distress: A structural equation modeling approach (2003, background): “Clients who develop secure attachments to their therapists were found to engage in greater depth of exploration in the early phases of brief therapy ( Mallinckrodt, Porter, & Kivlighan, 2003 ).”
Quality of Object Relations and Security of Attachment as Predictors of Early Therapeutic Alliance. (2007, methodology): “Although these researchers (Mallinckrodt et al., 1995) also administered the AAS, they did not investigate the relationship between the AAS and the WAI (Mallinckrodt et al., 1995, 2005).”
The psychotherapy relationship as attachment: Evidence and implications (2010, background): “Further support can be seen in research showing that the client’s psychotherapy attachment is closely related to the working alliance, yet adds a significant increment in predicting depth of session exploration (Mallinckrodt et al., 2005).”
Attachment, Social Competencies, Social Support, and Psychological Distress (2005, background): “Mallinckrodt, 2000, 2001; Mikulincer, Shaver, & Pereg, 2003) and research (Kobak, Cole, Ferenz-Gillies, Fleming, & Gamble, 1993; Mallinckrodt, Porter, & Kivlighan, 2005 ) suggests that persons who cannot maintain a secure attachment in close relationships engage in two possible secondary attachment”