Psychotherapy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Psychotherapy, including details on psychiatry, psychoanalysis, methods, outcomes.

Therapist-client five-factor personality similarity: a brief report.

Coleman D

Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA. dcoleman@pdx.edu

A five-factor personality inventory and other measures were administered to 39 clients and 15 therapists. Global therapist-client personality similarity and client neuroticism were moderately to strongly associated with lower symptoms. For female clients, global personality similarity and client extraversion were moderately associated with therapeutic alliance. These preliminary results warrant further investigation. If results are replicated, intake personality matching may lead to decreased premature terminations and better outcomes in many kinds of psychosocial treatments.

Published 19 September 2006 in Bull Menninger Clin, 70(3): 232-41.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2005-2008 Psychotherapy Research Today. All Rights Reserved.