Core term · Edward Bordin

Working Alliance

The collaborative partnership between client and therapist — the quality of their teamwork, which predicts how well therapy goes.

Areas of life
Therapyrelationshipschange

Why it matters

A strong alliance is one of the best predictors of outcome.

How to handle it

Check the bond and whether you are pulling the same direction.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

Bring it to your own life

Questions in this spirit

A term is just an idea until you apply it. Answer one.

All questions

From concept to practice

Turn Working Alliance into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.