barriers to treatment progress due
to therapy relationship issues
Respondents were asked about factors in the
therapy relationship that were barriers in implementing
CBT, and their responses are summarized
in Table 10. A little over one third of the
respondents (36%) indicated that the therapy
alliance was not strong enough, 33% reported
that the patient did not feel that his/her distress was
sufficiently understood or validated, 17% confessed
that their own negative feelings toward the
patient were problematic and that their frustration
with progress interfered with symptom reduction.
other survey findings
Survey respondents reported an average success
rate of 78% in reducing panic symptoms using
CBT. Respondents also indicated that 55% of their
patients were prescribed