Clients who had completed psychotherapy were interviewed about the significant experiences and moments they recalled within their sessions. These interviews were analyzed using grounded theory, creating a hierarchy of categories that represent what clients find important in therapy. From the hermeneutic analysis of the content of these categories,…

Serious sequelae of youth depression, plus recent concerns over medication safety, prompt growing interest in the effects of youth psychotherapy. In previous meta-analyses, effect sizes (ESs) have averaged 0.99, well above conventional standards for a large effect and well above mean ES for other conditions. The authors applied rigorous analytic…

This article, a commentary, discusses questions and issues generated by 7 articles (see records EJ750759, EJ750761, EJ750764, EJ750765, EJ750767, EJ750768, and EJ750769) on the relationship between attachment theory and research, and psychotherapy and clinical assessment. The issues include the following: attachment-based therapeutic…

Eight- to 17-year-olds referred for outpatient therapy reported contingency, competence, and control beliefs about solving problems at home and school. Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist before and after psychotherapy. Perceived contingency and perceived control accounted for 29% of the variance in total problem reduction, indicating…

Examines whether feedback regarding client progress and the use of clinical support tools (CSTs) affected client outcome and number of sessions attended. Results showed that clients in the feedback plus CST group stayed in therapy longer and had superior outcomes. Nearly twice as many clients in the feedback plus CST group achieved clinically…

Evaluated pretherapy patient variables as correlates of outcome among 62 patients with major depressive disorder. Negative responders were characterized by high levels of interpersonal difficulty and low levels of subjective distress; nonresponders by moderate levels of both interpersonal difficulties and subjective distress; positive responders…

Examined the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic methods for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders. Compared trauma desensitization, hypnotherapy, psychodynamic therapy and control condition for 112 persons suffering from serious disorders resulting from traumatic events in the past 5 years. Results indicated that treated cases were…

Claims since schizophrenia is reversible, professions involved in social control and those doing therapy face new responsibilities. Notes therapists can approach psychotic symptoms expecting the person to become normal. Describes goal as being to help people past periods of acute disturbance without doing them long-term harm. (Author/ABL)

Examines the effects of cognitive-behavioral (CB) or psychodynamic-interpersonal (PI) psychotherapy by having clients (n=104) complete a follow-up 1 year after completing 8 or 16 session of treatment. Eight-session PI appeared less efficacious than the other 3 treatment conditions, and there was no measurable benefit of 16-session over 8-session…

Examined working alliance, session evaluations in brief counseling, and counseling outcome among 61 clients and student counselors from 41 dyads. Results indicated that session evaluations were significantly related to later alliance ratings, and positive alliance ratings predicted subsequent session evaluations. Both alliance and session…

Examined interpersonal process between patient and therapist in 14 therapeutic dyads. Found poor outcome cases typified by interpersonal behaviors by therapist that confirmed negative patient introject; number of subtly hostile and controlling therapist statements highly correlated with self-blaming patient statements; and therapists with…

Compared effects of problem-solving therapy (PST), reminiscence therapy (RT), or waiting-list control (WLC) on 75 randomly assigned older adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder. At posttreatment, both PST and RT conditions produced significant reductions in depressive symptoms, compared with WLC group, and PST participants experienced…

Therapeutic outcome as a function of a transition from relational incongruence to congruence, and the association of relational congruence and control with qualitative aspects of the therapy relationship and outcome are studied. Therapist/client interactions within and across seven psychotherapy cases are described. Methods of study and results…

Examines the literature for strategies in establishing therapeutic relationships with African-American men. Notably absent are empirical data pertaining to the effectiveness of psychotherapy with this population. Reviews the literature on psychotherapy and proposes an agenda for the next decade of research with African-American male clients.…

Examines the brief-solutions concept of pretreatment changes. Limited support was found for the hypothesis that noticing pretreatment changes influences unplanned termination and that pretreatment changes remain persistent in many clients' lives. Mixed results were found for the hypothesis that noticing pretreatment change influences the other…