ABSTRACT

Some CBASP practitioners may want to conduct psychological experiments with persistent depression patients. Even if clinicians do not want to “conduct research,” the answers to these questions will tell practitioners how well they are using CBASP. Before beginning, practitioners must answer three questions if the psychotherapy trial is to achieve psychological experiment status. The questions are the following:

• What do I want to teach my patients to enable them to overthrow the psychopathological dilemma?