A consensual qualitative-research strategy was used to examine data from 127 interviews conducted with eight psychologists immediately following their brief therapy sessions with eight clients. Frequency of categories within three domains (origins, triggers, and manifestations) were analyzed within and across cases. Discussion centers on practice,…

Presents, in four articles, a case study of process and outcomes of time-limited counseling; George S. Howard's comments on the case study method; Michael Lambert's critique of the study, citing advantages and disadvantages of single case outcome studies; and reactions of the researchers to the comments and critique. (PAS)

This paper reviews research on psychotherapy and counseling for women. It divides the research according to focus: client variables; counselor variables; independent or treatment variables; and dependent or criterion variables. A general criticism is that clients and counselors tend to be seen as homogeneous rather than heterogeneous populations.…

Developed measure of client reactions to therapist interventions, which differed significantly on client helpfulness ratings. Therapist intentions related to client reactions more for successful cases than unsuccessful cases. Pretreatment symptomatology was highly predictive of reactions reported. Predictable changes in reactions occurred across…

Twelve experienced therapists completed a questionnaire, and 8 of the 12 were then interviewed about their experiences with a therapeutic impasse that ended in therapy termination. Data were analyzed using a qualitative methodology. Results indicated most of the clients were anxious and depressed with personality disorders and interpersonal…