[HTML][HTML] Therapist effects and the impact of early therapeutic alliance on symptomatic outcome in chronic fatigue syndrome

LP Goldsmith, G Dunn, RP Bentall, SW Lewis… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Few studies have examined therapist effects and therapeutic alliance (TA) in treatments for
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Therapist effects are the differences in outcomes achieved
by different therapists. TA is the quality of the bond and level of agreement regarding the
goals and tasks of therapy. Prior research suffers the methodological problem that the
allocation of therapist was not randomized, meaning therapist effects may be confounded
with selection effects. We used data from a randomized controlled treatment trial of 296 …