%0 Journal Article
%T Helping Skills, Working Alliance, and Session Depth in China: A Multilevel Analysis
%A Clara E. Hill
%A Dennis M. Kivlighan
%A Mengfei Xu
%A Xu Li
%A Zhi-Jin Hou
%J The Counseling Psychologist
%@ 1552-3861
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0011000018763965
%X Ninety-five first-year master¡¯s-level students in China conducted three helping sessions with two volunteer clients. After every session, clients completed measures assessing trainees¡¯ use of helping skills, working alliance, and session depth. Results of a multilevel analysis indicated that: (a) between-trainee and between-client exploration skill use was related to better working alliance reported by the client, and between-session exploration skill use was related to greater session depth; (b) between-trainee, between-client, and between-session insight skill use was related to better working alliance, but none of these components were related to session depth; and (c) between-trainee action skill use was negatively related to client report of working alliance. We discuss theoretical and practical implications from the multilevel framework, considering the Chinese cultural context
%K counseling training
%K working alliance
%K session depth
%K Chinese cultural context
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0011000018763965