ABSTRACT

While empirical, scientific research has much to offer to the practice-oriented therapist in training, it is often difficult to effectively engage the trainee, beginning practitioner, or graduate student in the subject of research. This fully revised and expanded edition of Research for the Psychotherapist is an engaging, accessible guide that bridges the gap between gathering, analyzing, presenting, and discussing research and incorporating that research into practice. The authors present concise chapters that distill research findings and clearly apply them to practical issues, while also helping readers progress as consumers of relevant research.

part I|34 pages

Foundations of Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|12 pages

How Do We Know What Is True?

part II|106 pages

Research Focused on Psychotherapy

chapter 7|8 pages

The Push for Evidence

Defining the Role of Evidence-Based Practice

chapter 8|7 pages

The Science of Clinical Artistry

Research-Based Principles for Effective Practice

chapter 10|8 pages

Beyond Intuition

Research on Psychotherapeutic Process

chapter 11|8 pages

Evidence-Based Treatments for Anxiety

chapter 12|9 pages

Mindfulness Goes Mainstream

Research Is Proving the Value of Awareness Processes

chapter 13|6 pages

ACT and the Third Wave of CBT

chapter 14|8 pages

Improving Our Track Record

How Therapists Can Better Meet the Needs of the Disadvantaged

chapter 15|9 pages

Addictions Treatment

Myth Versus Reality

chapter 16|8 pages

Reassessing Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Separating Hype From Fact About Antidepressants

chapter 17|9 pages

War of the Worlds

Researchers and Practitioners Collide on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

chapter 18|6 pages

The Messenger Is the Message

The Effectiveness of Treatment Still Depends on Who Delivers It

part III|60 pages

Research Focused on or Relevant to Couple and Family Therapy

chapter 19|12 pages

Family Therapy Scorecard

Research Shows the Family Approach Is Often the Treatment of Choice

chapter 20|6 pages

What Do We Know About Couple Therapy?

chapter 23|7 pages

Not Quite the Brady Bunch

Research on Remarriage Families

chapter 24|6 pages

What Really Makes Couples Happy?

A Controversy Divides the World of Marital Researchers

chapter 25|9 pages

Methods of Relational Assessment

part IV|33 pages

Doing Research on Your Practice

chapter 26|9 pages

New Science for Psychotherapy

Can We Predict How Therapy Will Progress?

chapter 27|8 pages

Learning to Love Assessment

Today’s Research Tools to Assess Progress Can Help You Be a Better Therapist

chapter 28|7 pages

Do-It-Yourself Research

The Practical Advantages of Studying Your Own Practice

chapter 29|7 pages

Models for Evaluating Psychotherapy Practices and Community Mental Health Programs

Public Health Perspectives

part V|37 pages

Research in Psychology That Informs the Practice of Psychotherapy

chapter 30|7 pages

Defending the Family

Beware of the Biogenetic Bandwagon

chapter 31|4 pages

Aging

Fact and Fiction

chapter 32|7 pages

Beyond the Sugar Pill

Clarifying the Placebo Effect

chapter 33|6 pages

Keys to Enhancing Performance

chapter 34|11 pages

The Controversy Around Psychodiagnosis