This article defines and illustrates therapist questions in individual psychotherapy and then
reviews the naturalistic, empirical research on their effectiveness. The research on …

While we know that psychotherapy works, there is hearty debate about what makes it work.
In the past, rival arguments have maintained that psychotherapy proves effective because of …

Objective: We present a mixed methods systematic review of the effectiveness of therapist
empathic reflections, which have been adopted by a range of approaches to communicate …

There is a deep and abiding synergy between psychotherapy methods and the therapeutic
relationship. They constantly shape and inform each other. The relationship does not exist …

This article serves as both the foreword and the afterword to the special section of
Psychotherapy Research devoted to research reviews of psychotherapist skills and …

Therapist empathic reflections are a class of therapist response modes whose primary
expressed intention is to “reflect back” or share the therapist's understanding of the client's …

Emotionally evocative narratives are a common strategy to spread vaccine-related
misinformation on social media. This study tested the use of two emotional awareness …

Objective: To investigate whether there are different antecedents and consequences of
different types of therapist questions as this has implications for conducting psychotherapy …

Because training and supervision, like psychotherapy itself, are inherently human and thus
complex experiences, it is difficult to empirically investigate them and come to any definitive …

Objective: This research investigates the effectiveness of teaching cognitive behavioral
techniques on changing attachment styles and increasing mental health and optimism …