Describes the resolution scrapbook as a therapeutic technique in which traumatized children complete treatment activities and compile them in the form of a scrapbook. Describes how scrapbook activities facilitate children's resolution of trauma effects, and how children's progress through the phases of treatment becomes a lasting record for the…

As part of the American Psychological Association's centennial, this article presents a reprint of an original work published in 1952 in the "Journal of Consulting Psychology" examining the evidence relating to the actual effects of psychotherapy. (NB)

Examined process of brief psychodynamic therapy, drawing data from transcripts of complete therapies of two anxious and depressed women. Plan compatibility of therapist interventions correlated significantly with patient progress in early and middle phases; quality of therapist interventions correlated significantly with patient progress in middle…

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…

Used psychotherapy dosage model in which effect was probability of recovery to compare treatment response rates for psychological symptoms. Administered symptom checklists to 854 psychotherapy outpatients at intake and during treatment. Chronic distress symptoms demonstrated fastest average response rate, whereas characterological symptoms…

Reviews outcome evidence of psychotherapy for children and adolescents. Illustrates progress in treatment research, highlighting alternative treatments and factors that contribute to outcome in treatment of conduct problem children. Sees pace of progress thwarted by challenges of subject matter and deficiencies in current research. Nonetheless,…

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…

Delineates and explains essential characteristics of single-case research methodology applied within domain of psychotherapy research. Presents single-case research as subclass of intrasubject research in which aggregation across subjects is avoided and generality of one's findings is addressed through replication on case-by-case basis.…

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…

Applies meta-analysis to school-based outcome studies of counseling and psychotherapy within a 10-year period. Results support the effectiveness of school-based therapeutic interventions, although this conclusion is offered with some caution. Findings apply almost exclusively to group interventions. Discusses implication for practice and…

Prevention education teaches skills related to dangerous situations, body boundaries, assertiveness, communication, awareness of feelings, self-esteem, responsibility, trustworthy people, and human sexuality. Presents recommendations for using prevention training in order to accomplish both tertiary prevention and psychotherapeutic goals for child…

This paper examines the variety of ways in which psychotherapy and residential care are integrated in the concluding phase of an intensive short-term treatment program for severely disturbed adolescents. It considers the manner in which decisions are made about termination, approaches to discharge planning, typical issues encountered in the…

Objective: Bupropion SR has been shown to be effective for the treatment of nicotine dependence in adults. This open-label pilot study was designed to examine the feasibility and preliminary tolerability of bupropion SR in adolescents with nicotine dependence. Method: Sixteen adolescents aged 12 to 19 years were enrolled in the study. Eleven of…

The authors attempted to replicate and extend D. M. Kivlighan and P. Shaughnessy's (2000) findings of (a) 3 distinctive patterns of alliance development across sessions and (b) a differential association of one of these, a U-shaped quadratic growth pattern, with positive treatment outcome. In data drawn from a clinical trial of brief…

Empirical evidence supports cognitive-behavioral interventions for the treatment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with exposure therapy typically being the most frequently utilized. While the success of exposure treatments is well established there are factors which may hinder their use in "real-world" settings (e.g., poor treatment…