How qualitative methods advance the study of causation in psychotherapy research

JA Maxwell, HM Levitt - Psychotherapy Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The use of qualitative methods for investigating causation has been controversial
ever since the “paradigm wars” of the 1980s. Quantitative and experimental researchers …

The implications of the Dodo bird verdict for training in psychotherapy: prioritizing process observation

HA Westra - Psychotherapy Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Wampold et al.'s 1997 meta-analysis found that the true differences between bona fide
psychotherapies is zero, supporting the Dodo bird conjecture that “All have won and must …

Predicting resistance management skill from psychotherapy experience, intellectual humility and emotion regulation

AA Di Bartolomeo, U Alter, DA Olson… - Psychotherapy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Resistance management in psychotherapy remains a foundational skill that is
associated with positive client outcomes (Westra, HA, & Norouzian, N.(2018). Using …

Process-focused psychotherapy training is evidence-based psychotherapy training: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024).

MM Wilcox - 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) made a strong case for psychotherapy training to
focus more on psychotherapy process rather than content (eg, manuals). Their …

Responding to key process markers as a focus of psychotherapy training and practice

JF Boswell, MJ Constantino, AN Gaines… - Clinical Psychology in …, 2024 - cpe.psychopen.eu
Historically, evidence-based psychotherapy training has favored the standardized
application of discrete treatment packages, with key outcomes being the therapist's …

Identifying and enhancing the necessary ingredients for cultural humility in supervisory relationships.

S Winkeljohn Black, MM Wilcox, AE Pérez-Rojas… - …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Cultural humility is an oft-studied construct in psychotherapy and supervision and, as such,
has multiple definitions and frameworks and is frequently contextualized as the organizing …

A test of psychotherapists' and nontherapists' recognition of correct and incorrect process in managing client resistance

MB Cooper, AA Di Bartolomeo… - Counselling and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Psychotherapist management of client resistance (ie, opposition to change or the
therapy process) has a significant impact on therapy outcomes. This study aimed at …

Urgent issues and prospects on investigative interviews with children and adolescents

V Talwar, AM Crossman, S Block… - Legal and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While there has been considerable research on investigative interviews with children over
the last three decades, there remains much to learn. The aim of this paper was to identify …

Therapist verification of patient self-concepts as a responsive precondition for early alliance development and subsequent introject change

MJ Constantino, AE Coyne, AN Gaines… - Psychotherapy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Social psychological research has indicated that people strive for self-consistent
feedback and interactions, even if negative, to preserve the epistemic security of knowing …

Developing process sensitivity: Reply to Wilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024).

HA Westra, AA Di Bartolomeo - 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Wilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024) make a number of important observations about
facilitating process sensitivity training, and here, we respond to those suggestions. We …