This chapter is organized around the following series of questions: What happens in
psychotherapy? How do therapies differ? How do clients act and think differently? What are …

In this chapter we unpack what is meant by psychotherapy process research and what are
the overarching aims of such research. We then look at types of process research and some …

In 1983, a group of 14 prominent psychotherapy process researchers attended a workshop
sponsored by the US National Institute of Mental Health. Although the previous decade had …

Introduces the special series on advances in psychotherapy process research. This special
series of articles attests to the fact that psychotherapy process and outcome are becoming …

Predicts that over the next decade, new research approaches will substantially close the gap
between psychotherapy process research and the practice of psychotherapy. It is suggested …

Psychotherapy process and outcome research is defined as the scientific investigation of
psychotherapy as a treatment for mental and behavioral health problems. This area of …

In the past 50 yrs, an extensive amount of research has examined the psychotherapy
process. The empirical literature can be a valuable source of information for practitioners …

Objective: Although the effectiveness of psychotherapy is well documented, little progress
has been made in elucidating mechanisms of change. Major impediments to progress are …

Abstract offer some general suggestions about how process research should be conducted
to best serve the practicing clinician/suggest a partnership between the clinician and the …

Psychotherapy studies published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP) and the
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (JCCP) between 1978 and 1992 were …