chapter 11: general issues in psychotherapy

Question 1

Hans Eysenck

Answer 1

Created the movement to treatment outcome studies by saying it won’t work

Question 2

Efficacy studies

Answer 2

studies done in the lab
in the academic setting that are highly controlled
type of clients are well defined by extensive criteria

Question 3

what are the results of meta-analysis

Answer 3

psychotherapy works well
clinically significant change happens (which is a meaningful change)

Question 4

what is the effect size

Answer 4

.8
the average person is better having therapy than 80% than people who didn’t get it

Question 5

what is the Transdiagnostic approach

Answer 5

how therapy works for a specific disorder
we need to be treating the underlying pathology/ contributing factors to psychotherapy

Question 6

Why is this there focus on emotional disorders in the Transdiagnostic approach

Answer 6

termed used to cover all sad and anxiety disorders
the causes of these disorders that fall under an umbrella

Question 7

What are the gaps between research and practice

Answer 7

practitioners are reluctant to use therapy that are produced by efficacy studies

Question 8

why is there a separation between research and practice

Answer 8

-there is a lot of internal validity but not a lot of external validity
-it may not be cultrually appropriate
-practitioners place a higher value on clinical intuitions
-real clients are seen as different than clients in a research study
-manuals limit professional autonomy and deemphasize there therapy alliance

Question 9

consumer report study

Answer 9

surveyed people who had been in therapy
asked how they felt before therapy and after therapy
people reported positive effects

Question 10

how do we measure psychotherapy outcomes

Answer 10

neurobiological outcomes
medical costs

Question 11

Dodo bird verdict

Answer 11

Different therapies are equally affective
this finding is explained by the common factors

Question 12

common factors

Answer 12

shared fundamental elements of therapy/ active ingredients of change

Question 13

three stage sequential model of common factors

Answer 13

1. support
2. learning
3. actions

Question 14

What are the arguments against the dodo bird verdict

Answer 14

There is research that supports very specific treatments are better than others for specific disorders

Question 15

Eclectic therapy

Answer 15

finding the best therapy for a client based on empirical data that uses studies based on people similar to your clients

Question 16

Integrative therapy

Answer 16

when a therapist integrates multiple different aspects of more than one therapy orientation with one clients

Question 17

what is the most popular type of therapy

Answer 17

cognitive therapy

Question 18

What’s a type of psychotherapy is on the rise

Answer 18

mindfulness based therapy

Question 19

effectiveness research

Answer 19

success of therapy in actual client settings
clients not chosen based on study criteria