features of most psychotherapies correct answers Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance
-nature of the relationship btwn
•Building Competence/Mastery
•The Expert Role
•Nonspecific Factors
steps in psychotherapy correct answers Initial contact- assessment- goals of treatment-
implementing treatment- termination, evaluation, follow up.
Efficacy research correct answers very controlled, research labs, patients are pre-screened& paid
to participate, fidelity(therapists carefully trained/close supervision) patients randomly assigned
to treatment or control
efficacy research question correct answers does the therapy work when it is implemented as
designed? Are people who received the treatment significantly less dysfunctional than people
who did not receive the treatment?
effectiveness research correct answers "real world", range of clients, range of therapists
effectiveness research question correct answers is the therapy effective in the real world? Do
typical clients receiving typically administered treatment report clinically significant benefit
from therapy?
is psychotherapy efficacious? correct answers no. inspired future research tho
is psychotherapy effective? correct answers most people reported improvement. overall generally
helps. consumer reports. more improvement for those who felt worse, in therapy longer
, dodo bird hypothesis correct answers all therapies are winners-all produce equivalent outcomes.
common factors produce outcomes, not specific features of different therapies.
origin- dodo bird in alice in wonderalnd
evidence against dodo bird hypothesis correct answers opposition- smith, glass, & miller (1980)
different percentages for outcomes
is all psychotherapy the same? correct answers no. differences in effect size and people that
actually get better
not "does psychotherapy work?" but "which type of psychotherapy works for which diagnosis?"
evidence based treatments correct answers interventions that have produced significant
improvement in controlled clinical trials.
3 categories:
well established
probably efficacious
experimental
well established criteria correct answers at least 2 good group design studies conducted by
different investigators, demonstrating efficacy OR large series of single case design studies
demonstrating efficacy
all studies must be conducted with treatment manuals& characteristics of client sample must be
clearly specified
probably efficacious criteria correct answers 2 studies showing the treatment is more effective
than a wait list control group OR two studies otherwise meeting the well-established criteria
BUT conducted by the same investigator.
experimental criteria correct answers treatments not yet tested in trials meeting task force criteria
for methodology