Alignment Between Clinician Treatment Choices and Client Data as a Predictor of Youth Clinical Outcomes
To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that clinician-client alignment may be associated with improved outcomes in youth psychotherapy. These findings highlight the potential clinical value of using pre-treatment client data to inform the clinician's critical decision of which treatment focus to pursue.
Authors
- Olivia M. Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8868-6702)
- John R. Weisz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5560-6814)
- Thomas Rusch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7773-2096)
- Maggie Chiffer
Institutions
- Vienna University of Economics and Business (AT)
- Harvard University Press (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2025.2484802
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health