[sarahsweets]

I’ve only seen it referred to here.

[ScarletPimpernel]

For me, a rupture is when a miscommunication, mistake, error, or harm (perceived or actual) happens and it can threaten the relationship. It can be different for each person. One thing might cause a rupture in my relationship, while it wouldn't in others and vice versa.

[stopdog]

Alliance Ruptures - Center for Alliance-Focused Training

https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewco...ext=msw_papers

Therapeutic Alliance Ruptures | Psychology Today

Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy

Clinical Consensus Strategies to Repair Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance

http://www.safranlab.net/uploads/7/6...upervision.pdf

Just do a general google search and hundreds of articles will show up.
I find the idea that rupture and repair is strengthening to be ridiculous poppycock hokum that therapists like to tell themselves -but I never experienced anything I would consider repair so there is that.

[ElectricManatee]

This article has a pretty good explanation:

Alliance ruptures are moments or periods in therapy when there is a strain or breakdown in the therapeutic alliance. These ruptures can range in quality and intensity from dramatic episodes during which clients lose trust in their therapists and may drop out of treatment, to more subtle ruptures during which they have a vague sense that something is not right, but ignore.

[Lonelyinmyheart]

A rupture can generally only be repaired well when the therapist is non-defensive. Unfortunately, in my experience it is very difficult for a T to be non-defensive enough to allow the full range of client's feelings about the rupture to be expressed and heard. It's human nature to get defensive when they've made a mistake and therapists aren't any different overall despite the training. All that said, there ARE many exceptions to the rule, my current T being a pretty good example.

[nottrustin]

I have always wondered what the difference is between a misunderstanding and a rupture.

[LonesomeTonight]

Originally Posted by nottrustin

I have always wondered what the difference is between a misunderstanding and a rupture.

For me, the difference is that a rupture can threaten the relationship. A misunderstanding is something that could be easily worked through. Whereas a rupture, at least for me, is more like, "Can I trust this T anymore?"

[unaluna]

- Sd -
I find the idea that rupture and repair is strengthening to be ridiculous poppycock hokum that therapists like to tell themselves -but I never experienced anything I would consider repair so there is that.

This is EXACTLY my idea of a rupture, that i experienced many many times, and repair also.

[ArtleyWilkins]

I never experienced anything that would come anywhere close to what I would consider a rupture. Sure, there were times we didn’t see eye to eye, but we just talked about it in the moment and moved forward. Things in my therapy between me and my therapists were just never that dramatic or drastic I guess, but I also never felt my therapy was about me and the therapist and our relationship. We had good relationships; it just wasn’t the focus in any way.

For me the word rupture means when I cease to feel accepted by my T, and the relationship ceases to feel positive. I had emotional neglect in my early childhood and I usually think that the rupture means that I’m viewing my T as I viewed my mother when I was very young.

[nottrustin]

I have had what I think would be considered a rupture with each of my Ts. With long term T I never brought it up so it really never resolved it but we moved on. I knew she didnt intend for it to come out the way we did.

With current T I wrote it out and she read it at our next appointment and we discussed it. It did cause me to be very cautious and back off a bit. However, having discussed it, was HUGE progress for me. Plus she handled it really well and since then if something she says bothers me I feel comfortable being it up instead of stewing over it.

[Rive.]

I would define it as a break in the connection with your T.

It can be over something trivial or a major-mega issue..

[*Beth*]

A rupture can signal the exact moment in which therapy has the potential to be most beneficial - if the client brings her feelings up and she and her therapist communicate.

A rupture can certainly be a sign of transference, and what a great opportunity to really do some good therapeutic work!