The nonprofessional as a psychotherapeutic agent

Karlsruher, Averil E.

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“…After an extensive review of the literature, Durlak (1971) found only six reports in which lay persons were significantly inferior in clinical effectiveness to professional workers. After reviewing 27 studies, Karlsruher (1974) concluded that 'neither didactic training nor supervision is necessary to enable the nonprofessional to produce significant behavioural changes' (p. 70) in adult patients. Young et al (1976) their supervisors gave them 'excellent to good' ratings on a range of therapeutic tasks.…”

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Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Faust

Zlotnick

1995

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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We examine major criticisms of studies comparing paraprofessionals' and professionals' therapeutic effectiveness. Such analysis does not support the contention that methodological weaknesses of the studies produced systematic biases against professional therapists. Thus, despite common beliefs to the contrary, the finding that formal training does not predict successful therapy appears sound. We discuss the implications of this finding for research, training, and clinical practice.

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Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Faust

Zlotnick

1995

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…In the search for new treatment manpower in the mental health field, most attention has been devoted to the incorporation and evaluation of trained nonprofessional agents working within mental health settings (Karlsruher, 1974). This review has documented the existence of another source of manpower -four types of lay treatment networks -which are located in the natural environment.…”

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Lay influences on the utilization and provision of health services: A review.

Gottlieb¹

1976

Canadian Psychological Review / Psychologie Canadienne

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Empirical evidence reveals that the individual seeking and receiving help in our culture is highly subject to the influence of lay persons in the natural environment. This review of the literature documenting their influence has been organized into two domains -The Lay Referral Network and The Lay Treatment Network -and is drawn from both the medical and mental health fields. The review's purpose is to summarize current knowledge about the nature of the lay community's impact on the health care of persons and to highlight future research directions and implications for professional practise. RESUMELes recherches montrent que, dans notre culture, la personne qui demande ou qui recoit de I'aide est hautement sujette a I'influence de non-professionnels dans son milieu naturel. Le releve critique de la litterature portant sur cette influence est organisee en deux secteurs (le reseau non professional de consultation et le reseau non professionnel de traitement) et provient des domaines relevant de la medicine et de la sante mentale.Le releve a pour objectif de mesurer les connaissances actuelles sur la nature de I'impact produit par le reseau de non-professionnels dans une collectivite sur les soins de sante donnes aux personnes et de mettre en lumiere les orientations que devraient prendre les recherches a venir ainsi que leurs incidences sur la pratique professionnelle.

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“…Also, conventional therapeutic approaches were shown to be of little value when dealing with delinquents (Levitt, 1971). Finally, several authors substantiated that paraprofessionals were often at least as effective as professionals with certain populations (Durlak, 1979;Gruver, 1971;Karlsruher, 1974).…”

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The dissemination of a social intervention: Process and effectiveness of two types of paraprofessional change agents

Mitchell

1983

American J of Comm Psychol

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This study was a beginning step in the dissemination of a successful intervention into delinquency which had previously used only university undergraduates as paraprofessional change agents. The interventions implemented and the comparative effectiveness of community college and university undergraduate paraprofessionals were examined using both process and outcome data. It was found that in general the community college paraprofessionals did fewer purposeful activities with their youth, but there were no differences in impact on areas such as youth's perceived positive change at home and school, self-reported delinquency, and amount and frequency of recidivism. In fact, both groups had positive impact on rate of recidivism which surpassed a treatment-as-usual comparison group. Implications for the dissemination of such programs were discussed.

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The nonprofessional as a psychotherapeutic agent

Cited by 38 publications

References 24 publications

Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Another dodo bird verdict? revisiting the comparative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists

Lay influences on the utilization and provision of health services: A review.

The dissemination of a social intervention: Process and effectiveness of two types of paraprofessional change agents

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