Therapist and Patient Actions in 'Good' Psychotherapy Sessions

Discriminating the "good" from the "bad" therapy hour: A study of dyadic interaction.

“…Their best two sessions had less therapist activity but more structure and interpretation, and the worst sessions had more closed questions and minimal encouragers. Our results also correspond to earlier observations that in poorer sessions therapists emphasize advice and informationseeking (Hoyt, 1980) and are less responsive and interpretive, while in better sessions they tend to be more structuring and involved (Auerbach & Luborsky, 1968).…”

Discriminating the "good" from the "bad" therapy hour: A study of dyadic interaction.

“…Their best two sessions had less therapist activity but more structure and interpretation, and the worst sessions had more closed questions and minimal encouragers. Our results also correspond to earlier observations that in poorer sessions therapists emphasize advice and informationseeking (Hoyt, 1980) and are less responsive and interpretive, while in better sessions they tend to be more structuring and involved (Auerbach & Luborsky, 1968).…”

The Therapist Action Scale: Instruments for the assessment of activities during dynamic psychotherapy.

“…The relatively broad, pantheoretical rating categories also may be useful for comparative studies of different psychotherapeutic approaches. Perhaps the ultimate utility of the TAS and PAS, however, will be if they describe actions that are related to the outcome question (Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt et al, Note 2;Malan, 1973;Marmar et al, Note 3). If so, since the TAS and PAS assess specific, discrete actions, those actions that correlate to successful treatment outcomes could be identified and repeated in a more experimentallycontrolled study.…”

Teaching Focus in Psychotherapy: A Training Essential

“…Tryon and Winograd's (2011) meta-analysis, an update of a previous study (Tryon & Winograd, 2001), found that outcomes are improved both when therapist and patient agree on goals and when they actively cooperate on ways to achieve those goals. Several studies (Eisenthal, Koopman, & Lazare, 1983;Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt, Xenakis, Marmar, & Horowitz, 1983) have found that clear goal setting and focus are positively associated with patient satisfaction, but not associated with therapist perception of quality of sessions; this interesting finding suggests that therapists have misunderstood and undervalued the importance of these two factors.…”

Discriminating the "good" from the "bad" therapy hour: A study of dyadic interaction.

“…Their best two sessions had less therapist activity but more structure and interpretation, and the worst sessions had more closed questions and minimal encouragers. Our results also correspond to earlier observations that in poorer sessions therapists emphasize advice and informationseeking (Hoyt, 1980) and are less responsive and interpretive, while in better sessions they tend to be more structuring and involved (Auerbach & Luborsky, 1968).…”

The Therapist Action Scale: Instruments for the assessment of activities during dynamic psychotherapy.

“…The relatively broad, pantheoretical rating categories also may be useful for comparative studies of different psychotherapeutic approaches. Perhaps the ultimate utility of the TAS and PAS, however, will be if they describe actions that are related to the outcome question (Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt et al, Note 2;Malan, 1973;Marmar et al, Note 3). If so, since the TAS and PAS assess specific, discrete actions, those actions that correlate to successful treatment outcomes could be identified and repeated in a more experimentallycontrolled study.…”

Teaching Focus in Psychotherapy: A Training Essential

“…Tryon and Winograd's (2011) meta-analysis, an update of a previous study (Tryon & Winograd, 2001), found that outcomes are improved both when therapist and patient agree on goals and when they actively cooperate on ways to achieve those goals. Several studies (Eisenthal, Koopman, & Lazare, 1983;Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt, Xenakis, Marmar, & Horowitz, 1983) have found that clear goal setting and focus are positively associated with patient satisfaction, but not associated with therapist perception of quality of sessions; this interesting finding suggests that therapists have misunderstood and undervalued the importance of these two factors.…”

Discriminating the "good" from the "bad" therapy hour: A study of dyadic interaction.

“…Their best two sessions had less therapist activity but more structure and interpretation, and the worst sessions had more closed questions and minimal encouragers. Our results also correspond to earlier observations that in poorer sessions therapists emphasize advice and informationseeking (Hoyt, 1980) and are less responsive and interpretive, while in better sessions they tend to be more structuring and involved (Auerbach & Luborsky, 1968).…”

The Therapist Action Scale: Instruments for the assessment of activities during dynamic psychotherapy.

“…The relatively broad, pantheoretical rating categories also may be useful for comparative studies of different psychotherapeutic approaches. Perhaps the ultimate utility of the TAS and PAS, however, will be if they describe actions that are related to the outcome question (Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt et al, Note 2;Malan, 1973;Marmar et al, Note 3). If so, since the TAS and PAS assess specific, discrete actions, those actions that correlate to successful treatment outcomes could be identified and repeated in a more experimentallycontrolled study.…”

Teaching Focus in Psychotherapy: A Training Essential

“…Tryon and Winograd's (2011) meta-analysis, an update of a previous study (Tryon & Winograd, 2001), found that outcomes are improved both when therapist and patient agree on goals and when they actively cooperate on ways to achieve those goals. Several studies (Eisenthal, Koopman, & Lazare, 1983;Hoyt, 1980;Hoyt, Xenakis, Marmar, & Horowitz, 1983) have found that clear goal setting and focus are positively associated with patient satisfaction, but not associated with therapist perception of quality of sessions; this interesting finding suggests that therapists have misunderstood and undervalued the importance of these two factors.…”