Patient goals and therapist behavior patterns in triadic partnership therapy

From various concepts of therapy an integrative attempt at a three-way partnership therapy (two partners and a therapeutist) has developed, with observable and testable interaction variables (concretised as patients' aims and therapeutists' behavior) being derived. Patients' aims (aims to advance the therapy) are regarded as one aspect of the relationship, which it is attempted to improve. Besides considering the verbal behavior of patients and therapeutist, patients' experience during treatment and experience outside of the therapy were examined. Empirical investigation has show that the integration of therapeutists' variables can frequently achieve certain targets in patients' behavior, and that a partial breakup of destructive communication patterns and alterations on the level of experience attitudes, ........, emotions, etc.) can be achieved.