Marianne Welmers

Table of Contents Chapter 1. General introduction 9 Chapter 2. Alliance and treatment outcome in family-involved treatment for youth problems: A three level meta-analysis 19 Chapter 3. Therapists’ contributions to the alliance in home-based family treatment: The role of alliance building behaviors, personality, and clinical experience 63 Chapter 4. Alliance discrepancies in home-based family treatment: Occurrence, development and the therapist’s perspective 89 Chapter 5. A systemic perspective on alliances in home-based family treatment: Exploring associations with outcome 109 Chapter 6. General discussion 131 References 149 Appendices Contribution of Authors Summary Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) About the author Publications Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) 167 171 177 183 187 191