Strategy of outcome research in psychotherapy.

Paul, Gordon L.

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“…Studies in this area have implications for the training and supervision of counsellors, as well as providing potentially valuable information for research that focuses on counsellor variables. Such attention would ultimately take us much closer to being able to provide a meaningful response to Paul's (1967) profound query about what works, by and for whom and under what conditions and circumstances.…”

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The Counsellor's Self in Therapy: An Inevitable Presence

Reupert

2006

Int J Adv Counselling

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Each counsellor brings his or her personal qualities or what is sometimes referredto in the literature as the "counsellor's self," when working with clients. The aim of this paper is to highlight the theoretical, clinical and research work regarding the self of the counsellor, and to indicate gaps within such work. It is argued here that while the person of the counsellor is vital to the therapeutic process, more work needs to be directed at defining this concept, and describing the process by which the counsellor engages his or her self whilst working with clients, particularly from a trans-theoretical perspective. Such research has implications for the training and supervision of counsellors, as well as providing potentially valuable information for future studies that focus on counsellor variables, particularly those associated with developing the therapeutic alliance.KEY WORDS: counsellor's self; person of the counsellor; personhood; inevitable presence.Each counsellor will bring his or her personal qualities to the therapeutic environment. While referring only to family counsellors, Tester (1992) composed a composite statement defining the counsellor's self in therapy from a group of expert and experienced family therapists as "the therapist's private experience [including] dreams, fantasies, song fragments, urges, fears, wishes, impulses" (p. 165). It is these personal qualities of the individual counsellor that are the primary focus of this paper. More specifically, a review of how the counsellor's self is represented and manifested in the therapeutic environment will be shown. Research gaps conclude the paper, highlighting the need for trans-theoretical or a common factors framework.

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The Counsellor's Self in Therapy: An Inevitable Presence

Reupert

2006

Int J Adv Counselling

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“…As also suggested by Aspinwall and Tedeschi [47], interventions developed to alter behaviors to enhance adaptations to cancer should respond to Gordon Paul's [48] (paraphrased) challenge to the early field of psychotherapy outcome measurement: what interventions, delivered by whom, are most effective for these individuals with those specific problems, under what set of conditions, and why? Given the state of the science at the intersection of these fields regarding benefit-finding and post-traumatic growth, additional observational studies are warranted prior to more intervention research.…”

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Theory, Measurement, and Controversy in Positive Psychology, Health Psychology, and Cancer: Basics and Next Steps

Gorin

2010

ann. behav. med.

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The aims of this commentary are two-fold: First, to amplify some of the points that Aspinwall, Tedeschi, Coyne, Tennen, and Ranchor have raised, noting the importance of a return to basics. Second, to posit next steps in theory development and methods at the intersection of health psychology, positive psychology, and cancer. Additional theory development, more applications of large prospective studies, and instrument refinements are warranted to understand the effects of positive constructs on health outcomes and adaptation to cancer. This area of research would be strengthened by studies that incorporate survival, health-related quality of life, and well-being outcome measures, using cancer registries and/or multiple raters. More observational studies are necessary. Attention to social justice questions is suggested in future studies at the intersection of these fields.

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“…Community based treatment organizations have successfully implemented a vast network of ''systems of care'' communities that seek to unite and expand treatment teams that include the voice of the consumers (youth and families) served. Despite these efforts, the answers to some of the most basic questions about what works, for which child, in what context (Paul 1967) remain elusive. And more discouragingly, despite their common goal, the work of researchers, practitioners, and proponents of systems of care often becomes mired in differences in philosophy, approach, and method.…”

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Finding the Common Core: Evidence-Based Practices, Clinically Relevant Evidence, and Core Mechanisms of Change

Sexton

Kelley

2010

Adm Policy Ment Health

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Improving the quality of children's mental health care can benefit from the adoption of evidence based and evidence informed treatments. However, the promise of moving science into practice is hampered by three core elements that need to be addressed in the current conversation among key stakeholders: (1) expanding our understanding of the clinical relevance of different types of evidence, (2) emphasizing the identification of core mechanisms of change, and (3) re-conceptualizing what evidence-based practice means. This paper focuses on these elements in an attempt to find a common core among stakeholders that may create opportunities for more inclusive conversation to move the field of children's mental health care forward.

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Strategy of outcome research in psychotherapy.

Abstract: Williams, E. N. (2020). Putting psychotherapy outcomes in context: The need for more exploratory and process research.

Cited by 929 publications

References 22 publications

The Counsellor's Self in Therapy: An Inevitable Presence

The Counsellor's Self in Therapy: An Inevitable Presence

Theory, Measurement, and Controversy in Positive Psychology, Health Psychology, and Cancer: Basics and Next Steps

Finding the Common Core: Evidence-Based Practices, Clinically Relevant Evidence, and Core Mechanisms of Change

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