Citation

Eloranta SJ. Scand. Psychoanal. Rev. 2022; 45(2): 116-127.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, University Press of Southern Denmark)

DOI

10.1080/01062301.2023.2250587

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The quality of the working alliance as assessed by the patient is the most robust predictor of the therapeutic outcome. However, the working alliance is much less studied in youth psychotherapy than among adults, even though it might be a more complex phenomenon. This clinical case study presents examples of how a problematic working alliance is addressed through therapeutic metacommunication and how strengthening the therapeutic alliance contributes to the outcome in the psychotherapy of an adolescent girl. The results of this study encourage further studies of working alliances in adolescent psychotherapy apart from child and adult psychotherapy. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; human; female; health education; case report; psychotherapy; suicide attempt; major depression; posttraumatic stress disorder; interpersonal communication; clinical article; child psychiatry; patient monitoring; anxiety disorder; transference; Working alliance; Article; therapeutic alliance; adolescent psychotherapy; return to school; rupture resolution; therapeutic metacommunication