Facilitating Therapeutic Alliance Repairs in Psychotherapy with Dr. Catherine Eubanks

Dr. Catherine Eubanks returns to continue the conversation with Dan on alliance ruptures in psychotherapy. Dr. Eubanks is a Professor of Psychology at Adelphi University.

Dan and Dr. Eubanks continue to dive deep into the complexities of ruptures and repairs in therapy. They discuss the challenges therapists face in exploring ruptures, the importance of recognizing therapist-initiated ruptures, and the role of anxiety in therapeutic relationships. Dr. Eubanks emphasizes the need for therapists to trust the process and be aware of their own anxieties, while also advocating for a broader understanding of ruptures in various contexts beyond therapy.
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Special Guest: Dr. Catherine Eubanks
https://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profi...

Center for Alliance Focused Training
https://www.therapeutic-alliance.org/

Book: Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy: A Critical Process for Change
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/ruptur...

Training Video: Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy
https://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/ruptu...

Therapist Performance Under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference, and Rupture
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/therap...
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:30 Exploring Ruptures in Therapy
04:50 Applying Rupture and Repair to Other Relationships
07:45 Challenges in Good-Faith Repair
10:00 Therapist-Initiated Ruptures
13:20 Therapist Anxiety and Its Impact
15:45 Early Training in Rupture and Repair
18:00 Supervision as a Collaborative Process
21:15 Disseminating Process Work in Training Programs
23:30 Pushback on the Definition of Rupture
26:15 Helpful Resources for Further Learning
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Keywords

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Takeaways
Exploring ruptures can be challenging for therapists.
Therapists often prefer to avoid discussing ruptures.
Therapist-initiated ruptures can occur unintentionally.
Anxiety can cloud a therapist's perception of the therapeutic relationship.
Ruptures present opportunities for deeper exploration.
Training in rupture and repair is essential for therapists.
Therapists should be aware of their own anxieties during sessions.
The concept of rupture can apply to various relationships.
Using rupture markers can help in understanding therapy dynamics.
Disseminating process work is crucial for effective training

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Producer: Mack Britton Productions