ABSTRACT

There has been a lot of research in recent years highlighting the importance of the person of the therapist for the effectiveness of psychotherapy. The person of the therapist, more than the method used or the therapist's specific model, can explain a large part of psychotherapy outcome. This means that – independent of the therapeutic model – some therapists are consistently more effective than other therapists. But what exactly then makes some therapists more effective than other therapists? Research suggests that the most important factor is the therapist's skill to deal with the therapeutic relationship.