The “Something More” Than Working Alliance
Authentic Relational Moments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8333311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vera Békés (0000-0003-3043-5155, corresponding author), Leon Hoffman (0000-0001-7466-5513) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1051-1064 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0003065120983602 |
| PMID | 33439677 |
| OpenAlex | W3118942393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
The importance of relational processes during psychotherapy and psychoanalysis has long been emphasized. Theoretical and empirical investigations have focused mostly on episodes in which the therapeutic relationship is taken over by transference, leads to enactments, or suffers ruptures, and much less on understanding the role of positive relational episodes in the change process during psychotherapy. Episodes of the latter type, conceptualized as Authentic Relational Moments (ARMs), are core experiences in the patient’s implicit relational learning in psychotherapy. ARMs are episodes in which the connection between patient and therapist is especially strong, deep, and genuine; their three main aspects are authenticity, understanding, and witnessing
Alliance · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Relational theory · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |