Fig. 1.

Two sets of correlations were conducted testing the association between the alliance and both prior (black bars) and subsequent (gray bars) symptom change, at each timepoint separately. Specifically, the first set of bars (gray) represent the correlation between alliance scores and subsequent symptom change, partialing out a residualized prior CES-D change score (i.e., CES-D at Time t, adjusting for Time 1). The second set of bars (black) represents the correlation between alliance scores at time t and a residualized prior CES-D change score. For ease of comparison, for both sets of bars, positive correlations reflect that higher alliance scores are associated with greater subsequent and prior symptom improvement. **p < .01; *p < .05.