Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: a prospective study

Bayliss-Conway, Cecelia; Price, Sue; Murphy, David; Joseph, Stephen

Abstract

The aim was to investigate the association between experiencing a therapeutic relationship and subsequent authenticity. Forty-six clients completed the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-LRI, 1968), Relational Depth Inventory (RDI, Wiggins, Elliott, & Cooper, 2012), a measure of the therapeutic alliance (ARM-5, Agnew-Davies et al, 1998) and the Authenticity Scale (AS: Wood et al, 2008) at intervals over ten therapy sessions. Higher scores on the B-LRI at sessions three, five and ten were associated with an increase in authenticity over the ten sessions. These results provide some initial evidence in support of Rogers’ (1957) theory that it is the conditions of the therapeutic relationship that leads to greater authenticity.

Citation

Bayliss-Conway, C., Price, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: a prospective study. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 49(5), 637-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2020.1755952

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 11, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 28, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 29, 2021
• Journal: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
• Print ISSN: 0306-9885
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-3534
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 637-647
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2020.1755952
• Keywords: Positive Psychology; Authenticity Scale; Relational Depth Inventory; Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory; Therapeutic Alliance
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4300088
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03069885.2020.1755952