Three psychotherapy theories are summarized and critiqued for their applicability to counseling psychology. The lack of attention to psychodynamic and experiential theories in the special section and the lack of theorizing by counseling psychologists in general are lamented. A plea is made for encouraging counseling psychologists to construct more…

Charles Gelso has had a major influence in counseling psychology with his contributions to the literature in many areas such as research methodology, research training, psychotherapy outcome, and the therapeutic relationship as well as in his work as an editor and as a teacher and mentor. This interview with Gelso highlights the early experiences,…

The goal of this article is to delineate training implications regarding harmful effects associated with psychotherapy. The authors strongly recommend that trainees be made aware of (and encouraged to examine carefully) the potentially harmful treatments that have been recently identified (Lilienfeld, 2007). Consistent with a broad perspective on…

Describes areas in psychotherapy in which exploratory process research methods are used: therapist techniques, client behavior, covert processes, process models, therapist-client interactions, and therapy events. Suggests areas in which such methods would be useful for future research: links between client personality characteristics, therapy…

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,…

Studied adherence of therapists to behaviors specified in cognitive-behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, and clinical management manuals. Rated therapist adherence in each of 4 sessions from 180 patients in treatment phase of National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. Therapists exhibited more…

Explores 13 adult clients' internal representations of their therapists. Results indicate that in the context of a good therapeutic relationship, clients' internal representations combined modalities; were triggered by thoughts of sessions or when distressed; occurred in diverse locations; and varied in frequency, duration, and intensity.…

Volunteer clients (N=25 undergraduate students) reported achieving greater depth, mastery, insight, and other results from therapist-facilitated sessions compared to self-guided sessions. Observer and therapist ratings indicated that therapists adhered to the Hill model of dream interpretation during therapist-facilitated sessions. Implications…

Examined a list of 19 therapist intentions in two studies. In Study 1 use of intentions was examined in 20 sessions of time-limited therapy. In Study 2 the list was used by 42 experienced therapists. Across both studies, the most frequently cited intentions were "insight,""clarify,""feelings," and "change."…

Examined whether 6 categories of counselor humor and 4 categories of risk interventions preceded client laughter in 236 events from 8 cases of brief psychotherapy. Found most client laughter was mild and moderate, with only eight instances of strong laughter. Humorous interventions led to more client laughter than did interventions that encouraged…

Recognizes the efforts of Fuhriman and Burlingame in "Consistency of Matter" (1990) in undertaking the task of comparing individual and group therapy process literatures. Questions whether group therapy process is different from individual therapy process. Criticizes article for using reviews of reviews of individual therapy literature…

Examined psychotherapy studies published in "Journal of Counseling Psychology" (JCP) and "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology" (JCCP) between 1978 and 1992. Found that JCP published mostly process, outcome, and analogue research, whereas JCCP published mostly outcome research. Most process and process-outcome studies across journals were…

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)

Outlined method for studying rater bias in counseling and psychotherapy. Used method to study three potential sources of rater bias concerning characteristics of rater, client, and therapist. Examined ratings on Collaborative Study Psychotherapy Rating Scale for 826 sessions of psychotherapy in Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research…

Twice interviewed 13 psychotherapy clients about their experiences with helpful instances of therapist self-disclosure. Results indicate that helpful therapist self-disclosures resulted in positive consequences that included insights or a new perspective from which to make changes, an improved or more equalized therapeutic relationship,…