The most significant factor in therapy outcome is the rapport built between the therapist and the client, rather than the therapist's experience or credentials.

“just repeat rapport 10 times, right? I mean, that's the key. And if you think about that, it's pretty amazing, right? Because therapeutic modalities can be so different, right? And I think what that's telling us is, in a way, something very obvious, right? Like what does rapport mean? Like, you know, it's somebody that's paying attention, right? It's trust, it's a back and forth. It's like, yeah. even though I'm doing something difficult, I'm doing it with someone who's really helping me, someone who's in it with me, right? Someone who's really paying attention. Wants me to be better. That's indispensable, I mean, it's just indispensable.”

“If you look at what are the top 10 uh important factors to find in a therapist just repeat rapport 10 times. It's trust. It's a back and forth. It's it's like yeah even though I'm doing I'm doing something difficult. I'm doing it with someone who's really helping me. Someone who's in it with me, right? someone who's really paying attention, wants me to be better, that's indispensable.”

“the most important factor in the success of someone's therapy is the relationship that you have with your therapist it matters more than the training the therapist has then the modality that they're using than the number of years of experience not that those things don't matter they absolutely do but the thing that matters the most is that relationship”

“the most active ingredient in therapy is that fit between the therapist and the patient”

“yes it is good to have rapport with one surgeon but it's not the primary factor presumably right so Rapport is very very very important”

“it doesn't matter that the therapist knows what they're doing if there isn't Rapport”