Marc S. Karver

TL;DR: Findings indicated that the association between the therapeutic relationship and treatment outcome was consistent across developmental levels and across diverse types and contexts of child and adolescent therapy.

TL;DR: This meta-analysis examines associations between therapeutic relationship variables, and the extent to which they account for variability in treatment outcomes, in 49 youth treatment studies and finds the best predictors of youth outcomes were counselor interpersonal skills, therapist direct influence skills, and youth willingness to participate in treatment.

TL;DR: This article examines prominent views on the alliance with youth and considers a number of issues that distinguish youth alliance from its adult counterpart and a meta-analysis of alliance-outcome associations in individual youth therapy is presented.

TL;DR: The authors explore the status of common process factors research in the youth and family therapy literature, and propose a theoretical model linking specific therapeutic relationship variables and treatment outcomes for children and adolescents.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored hypothesized associations among therapist engagement strategies, therapeutic alliance, client involvement, and treatment outcome in a randomized clinical trial comparing cogniti-teacher engagement strategies.