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There is a need for studies that advance our knowledge of therapist effectiveness, expanding the definition of what constitutes therapeutic success. In the present study, four aspects of clinical outcome were analyzed using a sample of highly experienced psychotherapists (mean years of experience as therapy practitioners = 30) who also serve as clinical teachers. The four aspects were: (1) overall change in different outcome domains, including long-term outcome; (2) outcome with clinically distressed clients (i.e. clients above the level of clinical disturbance at pretreatment); (3) level of drop-out; and (4) the degree to which clients re-entered treatment during the follow-up period. Participants were 48 clients treated by 18 therapists. Treatments were open-ended, ‘therapy as usual’, mostly within the setting of independent private practice. Outcome measurements included the OQ-45.2 and IIP-64, with …