Abstract
Immediacy was examined in a 17-session case of brief therapy with a bright, articulate, inner-city, African American female client seeing an interpersonally oriented, White, male therapist. The main types of therapist immediacy were reinforcing the client for in-session behavior, inviting the client to collaborate, inquiring about client reactions to therapy, and reminding the client that it was okay to disagree with him. An in-depth qualitative examination of the seven most extensive/salient immediacy events revealed that therapist immediacy enabled the therapist and client to negotiate the relationship, helped the client express her immediate feelings to the therapist, helped the client open up to deeper exploration of concerns, and provided the client with a corrective relational experience. Implications for practice and research are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
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