FACILITATIVE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS TRAINING

Verbal Fluency / Emotional Expression 

Hope / Persuasiveness

Warmth / Empathy

Alliance & Rupture Repair Response

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External Web Pages Relevant to FIRST:

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Helping Skills Training
​ 2016; 2020

In an examination of  baseline FIS scores of 191 undergraduate students, in collaboration with the University of Maryland, we found a weak relationship between FIS and Helping Skills. 

FIS/AFT Workshop Training
 2020

Collaborative research between Ohio University and the New School for Social Research showed a significant effect of Alliance-Focused Training on FIS when compared to a CBT training control with undergraduate psychology students. 

Deliberate Practice Institute (Link)

Modeled Practice
 2019

Data from 101 students at Ohio University tended toward an effect of modeled practice using the FIS.  

FIS/AFT Professional Training
 2018

Ongoing collaborative between OU and the NSSR is examining the effect of integrated training on mental health professionals.