Prevalence of Counselling Alliance Type Preferences Across Two Samples

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  • Robinder P. Bedi University of Victoria
  • Carlton T. Duff

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A cross-sectional survey was conducted across two samples of counselling clients to estimate the prevalence of two sets of counselling alliance type preferences: (a) nurturant, insight-oriented, or collaborative alliance (Bachelor, 1995); and (b) personal or professional alliance (Mohr & Woodhouse, 2000, 2001). Results indicated that participants generally preferred an insight-oriented alliance type over a nurturant one, and in one sample, a collaborative type over a nurturant one. In addition, participants in both samples preferred a personal or professional alliance about equally. These findings support the existence of tangible alliance type preferences across clients.

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2009-08-10

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##issue.vol## 43 ##issue.no## 3 (2009)

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Prevalence of Counselling Alliance Type Preferences Across Two Samples. (2009). Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 43(3). https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/rcc/article/view/59016