Closed captioning is provided with this program 

This introductory workshop presents an integrative formulation of the alliance, highlighting rupture (markers of complications in communication) and repair (strategies to improve communication and promote a corrective experience). The presenters define withdrawal (movements away) and confrontation (movements against) ruptures and introduce repair strategies to renegotiate an in-session therapy task or to explore desires and needs underlying a rupture (via the principle of metacommunication: communication about the communication process as it unfolds). The definitions and principles presented are based on research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and will be clarified with video illustrations.  Original webcast date: August 6, 2020.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe an integrative formulation of the alliance, from purposeful collaboration and affective bond to intersubjective negotiation.
2. Describe alliance ruptures (including confrontation and withdrawal markers) as negative process involving both patient and therapist.
3. Apply alliance development and rupture repair strategies, including immediate and expressive interventions.