Research-Informed Practice of Systemic Therapy

Predicting change through individual symptoms and relationship distress: A study of within‐ and between‐person processes in couple therapy

“…Therefore, more research is needed on mechanisms of change in CT (Sexton et al, 2013) applying frequently collected data throughout the treatment, addressing progress as well as process. This has been done in the current study that builds on our previous research on CT in Norway: Three studies found that CT was associated with improvement ( d = 0.67—Tilden et al, 2010; d = 0.34—Tilden, Theisen, et al, 2020; and d = 0.43 and 0.48—Tilden, Wampold, et al, 2020), which is in line with meta‐analyses in our field ( d = 0.65—Carr et al, 2020; Roddy et al, 2020; Shadish & Baldwin, 2003). The current study builds on data from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing two treatment conditions (Tilden, Wampold, et al, 2020), one with the use of frequent client‐rated feedback to the therapists throughout the treatment (routine outcome monitoring—ROM) and one with no use of systematic feedback (treatment as usual—TAU).…”

“…CT is established as a well‐documented treatment of choice for a variety of conditions where couple conflict or severe intimate relational distress occurs (Carr et al, 2020; Gurman, 2008, 2015; Shadish & Baldwin, 2003). The most updated meta‐analysis showed a large effect on pre‐to‐post within‐group relationship satisfaction (Hedges ḡ = 1.12—Roddy et al, 2020).…”

CBT at the Crossroads: The Rise of Transdiagnostic Treatments

“…Instead, emphasis is placed on how an individual's relationships contribute to the development and maintenance of psychological symptoms (Stratton 2016). Systemic therapy aims at changing these conditions in a brief, resource-oriented, and solution-focused manner (Stratton 2016) and has been shown to be effective for a range of mental disorders in adolescents and adults (Carr et al 2020;Pinquart et al 2016;Riedinger et al 2017).…”

The imprint of systems theory upon psychotherapeutic process.

“…Efficacy was most notable for eating disorders, mood disorders, and somatoform disorders, in addition to at least short-term efficacy for obsessivecompulsive disorders and somatoform disorders. Carr et al (2020) further documented the efficacy of systemic therapies for adult anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia, as well as child, adolescent, and adult presenting depression and eating disorders. Recently, a pilot RCT compared manualized and monitored systemic therapy with manualized and monitored cognitive behavior therapy regarding the treatment of adults with social anxiety (Hunger et al, 2020).…”