Department of Psychology, University of La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2011 Jun;48(2):138-47. doi: 10.1037/a0022188.
In this article, we describe a specific technology for training/supervision and research on the working alliance in either individual or couple/family therapy. The technology is based on the System for Observing Family Therapy Alliances (SOFTA; Friedlander, Escudero, & Heatherington, 2006), which contains four conceptual dimensions (Engagement in the Therapeutic Process, Emotional Connection with the Therapist, Safety within the Therapeutic System, and Shared Sense of Purpose within the Family), observational rating tools (SOFTA-o), and self-report measures (SOFTA-s) shown to be important indicators of therapeutic progress. The technology, e-SOFTA, is a computer program (available for PC downloading free of charge) that can be used to rate client(s) and therapist on the specific SOFTA-o behaviors that contribute to or detract from a strong working alliance in each dimension. In addition to providing time-stamped frequencies of alliance-related behaviors, e-SOFTA allows users to link the observed behaviors to qualitative comments and to compare one person's rating of a session to that of another person. Suggestions are provided for using e-SOFTA in research, in didactic training, and in supervision, including a specific training module for introducing graduate students to the working alliance and assessing their observational and executive skills.
在本文中，我们描述了一种特定的技术，用于在个体或夫妻/家庭治疗中进行培训/监督和工作联盟的研究。该技术基于家庭治疗联盟观察系统（SOFTA；Friedlander、Escudero 和 Heatherington，2006），该系统包含四个概念维度（治疗过程中的参与、与治疗师的情感联系、治疗系统内的安全以及家庭内的共同目标感）、观察性评分工具（SOFTA-o）和自我报告量表（SOFTA-s），这些都被证明是治疗进展的重要指标。该技术，即电子 SOFTA，是一个计算机程序（可免费下载用于 PC），可用于对客户和治疗师在每个维度中有助于或损害强大工作联盟的特定 SOFTA-o 行为进行评分。除了提供与联盟相关行为的时间戳频率外，电子 SOFTA 还允许用户将观察到的行为与定性评论联系起来，并将一个人的会话评分与另一个人的评分进行比较。为在研究、教学培训和监督中使用电子 SOFTA 提供了建议，包括为研究生介绍工作联盟并评估他们的观察和执行技能的特定培训模块。
