Abstract
The rupture construct is a way to describe the messiness when it inevitably emerges in psychotherapy. Moments of rupture can be challenging, uncomfortable, and concerning, given that unrepaired ruptures are associated with premature dropout and poor outcome. At the same time, ruptures present opportunities for the patient and therapist to understand each other better, recognize each other's subjectivity, and have a corrective experience that may prove pivotal because rupture repair is associated with good treatment outcome across therapy approaches. This book demonstrates that therapists should expect the messiness of ruptures and can embrace them as a valuable opportunity. This concluding chapter focuses on the clinical examples from the preceding chapters with a view toward identifying common clinical principles. It highlights the coconstructed nature of ruptures and repairs by picking up on the thread of therapist contributions to ruptures and adding a new thread: patient contributions to rupture repair. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: create)