The client–counselor encounter: Assessing relational depth and motivation to change in substance use disorder treatment.

This nonexperimental field study examined the relationship between participant reported experiences of relational depth (RD) with their individual counselors in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and participant reported motivation to change substance use. Participants in the study were clients enrolled in inpatient and outpatient levels of substance use disorder treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]