Examined memorability, impact, and possible epistemic and motivational functions of therapists' intentional use of therapeutic metaphor in four dyads of experiential psychotherapy. Clients recalled metaphors approximately two-thirds of time, especially when metaphors were developed collaboratively and repetitively. Clients rated therapy sessions…

Process was related to intermediate and posttreatment outcomes for 34 patients undergoing multimodal group therapy. Exploratory time series analysis suggested that process variable effects differed with phase of therapy. Emotionally warm bond appeared to occur between patient and therapist in sessions prior to therapist-rated improvement. Patient…

Reviews reports regarding efficacy of cognitive therapy in various disorders. Concludes that cognitive therapy has fulfilled criteria of system of psychotherapy by providing coherent, testable theory of personality, psychopathology, and therapeutic change; teachable, testable set of therapeutic principles, strategies, and techniques; and body of…

Conducted meta-analysis of 163 randomized trials to examine differences in outcome associated with different theoretical orientations, differences between marital and family therapies versus individual therapies, clinical significance of therapy outcome, differences between marital versus family therapies in both outcomes and problems treated, and…

Draws parallels between the rush to professionalization and the process of psychoanalysis in the United States in earlier decades. Offers account of what is happening in terms of the sociology of the counseling profession and suggests that expert systems are being substituted for local knowledge. Considers and rejects argument that this process is…

The psychotherapy literature has much to offer as educators strive to develop deeper and more nuanced understandings of the relationships youth form with mentors and other nonparental adults in community- and school-based settings. At the center of both psychotherapy and relationship-based interventions such as mentoring is a human connection, the…

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are associated with high degrees of impairment and often respond inadequately to pharmacotherapy alone. In recent years, numerous clinical trials have been published showing the benefits of adjunctive cognitive behavior therapy for treating psychosis. However, research in this area has been hampered by…

Researchers have recently suggested that the commonalities across the emotional disorders outweigh the differences, and thus similar treatment principles could be applied in unified interventions. In this study, the authors used a benchmarking strategy to investigate the transportability of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and…

Psychotherapists of different theoretical persuasions use systematically different profiles of verbal response modes. However, clients tend to use very similar profiles, regardless of what their therapist does. Disclosure comprises the largest part of this common client profile, and it distinguishes the client role from other roles. Higher levels…

In this issue of Communique a program to enhance communication skills in counseling is presented. The books reviewed are about transactional analysis and behavioral self-control. The vibrations column covers new developments in various areas of counseling as well as recent research and materials. Other research is reported on. (WS)

Examined psychotherapy process from social power theory. Findings indicated therapists were consistent in their use of tactics, male therapists used more influence tactics, therapists used more passive forms of influence earlier in the session, therapists of both genders told female clients what to do, and therapists used stronger influence…

This article presents additional evidence that traditional psychodynamic psychotherapy does not fulfill its manifest function to help individuals achieve "mental health"; thus, its persistence as an ideology and clinical practice can be explained only on the basis of its latent function as a means of social control. (Author)

The results of the study confirmed the hypothesis that greater patient identification with the therapist, as defined by increased similarity between the patient's and therapist's semantic differential ratings, moderately correlated with more successful therapy outcome. (Author)

Used previously collected free-associative interviews to investigate ways in which the Experiencing and Free Association Scales might overlap. Positive and significant correlations were found. Similarities and differences of the two scales and the implications of the results are discussed. (JAC)

Studied whether it is possible to identify distinct and theoretically meaningful differences between cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy. Six videotapes of actual therapy sessions in each treatment mode were used. Analyses of results suggests that relatively naive raters working from taped samples can detect clear procedural…