Brief Christian and Non‐Christian Rational‐Emotive Therapy With Depressed Christian Clients: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

The current outcome study operationalized a brief"Christian" form of rational-emotive therapy (CRET)

The Association Between Spirituality and Depression in an Urban Clinic

“…29,30 However, 3 studies have shown no difference in using religious imagery as an adjunctive to therapy for depressed patients. [31][32][33] An appropriate study remains to be conducted among the urban poor.…”

Faith-adapted psychological therapies for depression and anxiety: Systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Two studies (Gibbel, 2011;Rosmarin, 2010) used computer-delivered therapy, four (Azhar and Varma, 1995;Azhar et al, 1994;Barron, 2007;Bowland et al, 2012) used face-to-face group sessions and ten (Akuchekian et al, 2011;Armento et al, 2012;Ebrahimi et al, 2013;Johnson and Ridley, 1992;Johnson et al, 1994;Pecheur and Edwards, 1984;Propst et al, 1992;Razali et al, 2002;Razali et al, 1998;Zhang et al, 2002) provided individual face-to-face sessions. There was no significant difference between the average length (in weeks) or duration (in minutes) of F-CBT provided in group settings, compared with individual sessions.…”

“…The two studies reporting use of computer-delivered therapy (c-CBT) had very high levels of attrition: one (Gibbel, 2011) reported over three times the levels of attrition from the standard c-CBT group (46%) compared with faith-adapted c-CBT (13%), and the other (Rosmarin, 2010) recorded that 66% of participants dropped out of the study before (2007) Used religious beliefs and practices to support religious coping skills. Johnson (1992Johnson ( , 1994 Used biblical teachings to dispute irrational beliefs; emphasised prayer and Christian content within therapy. Pecheur (1984) Used religious and biblical teachings to challenge negative cognitions.…”

“…Significant differences in psychological outcomes were identified, based on the faith of the therapist as well as the faith basis of the therapy. Five of the remaining seven studies comparing F-CBT with CBT (Akuchekian et al, 2011;Barron, 2007;Johnson and Ridley, 1992;Johnson et al, 1994;Pecheur and Edwards, 1984) used the same therapist(s) to deliver both treatments, of which only two (Johnson and Ridley, 1992;Pecheur and Edwards, 1984) recorded the faith of the therapists. One study (Gibbel, 2011) was computer delivered, and the final one (Ebrahimi et al, 2013) gave no information about the therapist(s).…”

“…Only one study (Bowland et al, 2012) adopted an existing Problems of researcher allegiance may be compounded if the researcher acts as the therapist. Eight studies (Akuchekian et al, 2011;Armento et al, 2012;Barron, 2007;Bowland et al, 2012;Johnson and Ridley, 1992;Pecheur and Edwards, 1984;Propst et al, 1992;Zhang et al, 2002) reported that the primary researcher took an active part in delivering one or both therapies, and only one study (Johnson et al, 1994) made it clear that the primary researcher did not deliver any therapy. In the remaining five studies (Azhar and Varma, 1995;Azhar et al, 1994;Ebrahimi et al, 2013;Razali et al, 2002;Razali et al, 1998) it was unclear whether the researchers acted as therapists.…”