Handbook Of Psychotherapy Research Articles

The effectiveness of university counselling for improving academic outcomes and well-being

ABSTRACTThe work discusses the effectiveness of the counselling treatment to enhance student academic success. The participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (66 students who had completed counselling treatment) or a wait-list comparison group (44 students). The Adult Self Report (ASR) by Achenbach and Rescorla [2003. Manual for the ASEBA adult forms & profiles. Burlington, VT: Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families, University of Vermont] and the Outcome Questionnaire 45 (OQ-45) by Lambert and Hill [1994. Assessing psychotherapy outcomes and processes. In A. E. Bergin & S. L. Garfield (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (pp. 72–113). New York: John Wiley] were applied before and after the counselling sessions. Data show statistically significant decrease in the ASR clinical scales for both internalising and externalising problems after counselling as well as in the OQ-45 scores for distress symptoms and relationship difficulties. Compared with the control group, the students who received counselling exhibited a significant recovery regarding their progress with their studies.

Disentangling the change–alliance relationship: Observational assessment of the therapeutic alliance during change and stuck episodes

The therapeutic alliance is considered the most robust process variable associated with positive therapeutic outcome in a variety of psychotherapeutic models [Alexander, L. B., & Luborsky, L. (1986). The Penn Helping Alliance Scales. In L. S. Greenberg & W. M. Pinsoff (Eds.), The psychotherapeutic process: A research handbook (pp. 325–356). New York: Guilford Press; Horvath, A. O., Gaston, L., & Luborsky, L. (1993). The alliance as predictor of benefits of counseling and therapy. In N. Miller, L. Luborsky, J. Barber, & J. P. Docherty (Eds.), Psychodynamic treatment research: A handbook for clinical practice (pp. 247–274). New York, NY: Basic Books; Horvath, A. O., Del Re, A. C., Flückiger, C., & Symonds, D. (2011). Alliance in individual psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 48, 9–16; Orlinky, D., Grawe, K., & Parks, B. (1994). Process and outcome in psychotherapy: Noch einmal. In A. Bergin & J. S. Garfield (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy and behaviour change (4th ed., pp. 270–378). New York, NY: Wiley and Sons]. The relationship between alliance and outcome has traditionally been studied based on measures that assess these therapy factors at a global level. However, the specific variations of the alliance process and their association with therapy segments that are relevant for change have not yet been fully examined. The present study examines the variations in the therapeutic alliance in 73 significant in-session events: 35 change and 38 stuck episodes identified through the observation of 14 short-term therapies of different theoretical orientations. Variations in the alliance were assessed using the VTAS-SF [Shelef, K., & Diamond, G. (2008). Short form of the revised Vanderbilt Therapeutic Alliance Scale: Development, reliability, and validity. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 433–443]. Nested analyses (HLM) indicate a statistically significant better quality of the alliance during change episodes.

Book Review: Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity

Book Review: Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity

How I Got Here

I could not be more pleased to say “hello” as the new Editor of JSCP, but I also find the journey to this point to be just a little odd. My interest in the interface of social and clinical psychology began in the summer of 1977 when I was a first year clinical doctoral student at the University of Alabama. I was working on a paper for Ron Rogers’ social psychology course and ran across Sharon Brehm’s (1976) The Application of Social Psychology to Clinical Practice in the library. It was also in Ron’s course that I read Albert Bandura’s first article on self–efficacy theory in the Psychological Review. I later read the chapters on social psychological approaches to psychotherapy by Goldstein and Simonson (1971) and by Stan Strong (1978) in the first and second editions of Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change. My official association with JSCP began as a coincidence so perfect that it’s almost hard to believe when I look back at it. In September of 1981, I started my first academic job as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Texas Tech University. Soon after I arrived there, I learned that a new department chair had been hired and would be arriving at the beginning of the spring, 1982 semester. That new chair was social psychologist John Harvey. Shortly after he arrived, John mentioned that he was starting a new journal devoted to the interface of social and clinical psychology. I could hardly believe my luck. John invited me to be on the Editorial Board in time for the inaugural issue in 1983 and asked me (along with Cal Stoltenberg) to write a commentary article for the fourth issue (Maddux & Stoltenberg, 1983). Three years later he put even greater trust in me by asking me to become an Associate Editor, just before he stepped down and passed the job along to Rick Snyder. Rick and I did not even know each other at the time, so I was more than a little surprised that he asked me to stay on. Last year he asked me if I was interested in becoming the next Editor. My answer was an enthusiastic “yes.” Rick’s nomination of me as the new Editor is just one of many ways he has been my booster over the years, and I can’t thank him enough for this and other votes of confidence. He’s done a great job with the journal, and I hope I can do at least half as well. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2002, pp. 221-225

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity

Review of Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity.

Review of Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity.

Handbook of psychotherapy and religious diversity.

Toward Religious and Spiritual Competency for Mental Health Professionals, R. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin Religious Diversity in North America, Roger R. Keller Psychotherapy with Roman Catholics, Edward P. Shafranske Psychotherapy with Eastern Orthodox, Tony R. Young Psychotherapy with Mainline Protestants, Michael E. McCullough et al Psychotherapy with Evangelical Protestants, Nancy S. Thurston Psychotherapy with Pentecostal Protestants, Richard D. Dobbins Psychotherapy with Latter-Day Saints, Wendy L. Ulrich et al Psychotherapy with Seventh-Day Adventists, Carole A. Rayburn Psychotherapy with Orthodox Jews, Aaron Rabinowitz Psychotherapy with Conservative and Reform Jews, Lisa Miller and Robert J. Lovinger Psychotherapy with Muslims, Zari Hedayat-Diba Psychotherapy with Buddhists, Mark Finn and Jeffrey B. Rubin Psychotherapy with Hindus, Anu R. Sharma Psychotherapy with Members of Afro-American Churches and Afrocentric Spiritual Traditions, Donelda A. Cook and Christine Y. Wiley Psychotherapy with Members of Latino/Latina Churches and Spiritual Traditions, Maria Ceclia Zea Psychotherapy with Members of Asian-American Churches and Spriritual Traditions, Siang-Yang Tan and Natalie J. Dong Psychotherapy with Members of Native American Spiritual Traditions, Alex Trujillo Religious Diversity and Psychotherapy - Conclusions, Recommendations and Future Directions, P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin.

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:The Handbook of Psychotherapy. Edited by Petruska Clarkson & Michael PokornyDeconstructing Psychopathology. By Ian Parker, Eugenie Georgaca, David Harper, Terence McLaughlin & Mark Stowel‐SmithSeminars in Liaison Psychiatry. Edited by E. Guthrie & F. Creed.The Practice of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, 2nd ed. By Albert Ellis & Windy DrydenArt and Music Therapy and Research. Edited by Andrea Gilroy & Colin Lee.

A Review of Handbook of Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents

A Review of Handbook of Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, 4th ed

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, 4th ed

Coping with test stress: Microcomputer software for treatment of test anxiety

Test anxiety, described as “the most virulent impediment to effective role functioning in an educational setting” (Myers, R. A. 1986, Research on educational and vocational counseling; Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, pp. 728), is readily treatable through use of relaxation and desensitization strategies. To reduce clinician involvement, and thus potentially reduce costs to clients, a microcomputer program, Coping with Test Stress, was developed and tested. Initial case findings suggest that the Coping with Test Stress program may be useful in treating test anxiety among college graduate students.

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change: An Empirical Analysis, 3rd ed

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessHandbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change: An Empirical Analysis, 3rd edSAUL. E. ROSENBERGSAUL. E. ROSENBERGSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.7.887AboutSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change: An Empirical Analysis, 3rd ed." American Journal of Psychiatry, 145(7), pp. 887–888 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByNone Volume 145Issue 7 July 1988Pages 887-888 Metrics History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 July 1988

A Full Course Meal

A Full Course Meal Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. David M. Garner and Paul E. Garfinkel (Eds.). New York: Guilford Press, 1985. (592 pp.) All too frequently I find myself disappointed with handbooks. They fill me up without really satisfying my hunger with chapters that seem too general, shallow, or trite. The Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia possesses none of these flaws. It provides an excellent overview of the treatment perspectives pertaining to eating disorders without sacrificing detail and comprehensiveness. The Handbook also provides the theoretical orientations and research behind the various treatment strategies making it invaluable for researchers as well as practitioners. Garner & Garfinkel have organized the Handbook around major treatment orientations. Sections include psychoanalytic, analytic, cognitive and behavioral, group, family, inpatient, multicomponent programs, and support and educative methods. Treatment for anorexia and bulimia are covered separately within each section. The chapters deal with uniform topics including each author's theoretical perspective of the etiology of the problem, the role of the therapist, a description of the initial interview and the specifics of therapy, the stages and length of therapy, and outcome criteria. Topics such as weight loss and gain, establishing an optimal weight, and working with body image, selfesteem, and relationship issues are also presented by several authors. The organization of the Handbook is excellent. The reader can directly compare the theoretical approaches and treatment orientations of various authors and integrate strategies from various modalities. The Handbook stands as a blueprint for practitioners beginning to work with eating disorders as well as a comprehensive resource for those experienced in the area. The chapters uniformly are of high quality; some of them are gems. Hilda Bruch's introduction, entitled "Four Decades of Eating Disorders," lays the anorexia to women's changing roles, family relationships, and deficits in selfidentity, and autonomy. Craig Johnson presents a comprehensive account of the first interview and an interview schedule designed to gather information about all aspects of the individual's functioning. One chapter, which stands out even among this excellent group of presentations, is by Garner & Bemis, "Cognitive Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa." The authors have presented their cognitive model for the development of eating disorders and have outlined the therapeutic process beginning with setting up the initial interviews and proceeding through treatment. They present detailed descriptions of cognitive strategies aimed at correcting deficits typical to anorexics including deficits in self-esteem, trust, and awareness. …

Marital and Family Therapy: A Decade Review

ed with permission from A.S. Gurman and D.P. Kniskern, on marital and family therapy; Progress, perspective and prospect. In Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, by Garfield and Bergin (1978). superior to those reported for individual therapies. The following implications for practice are supported by the empirical research and overlap with the recommendations Gurman and Kniskern (1978b) make for the training of marriage and family therapists: 1 . Conjoint marital therapy appears more useful than individual therapy for improving marital relationships. 2. Family therapy appears as effective as individual therapy for a wide range of presenting problems. However, for most presenting problems, it is not possible to specify the best type of family treatment. 3. No one school of marital or family therapy has been demonstrated to be effective with a wide range of presenting problems. 4. Therapist relationship skills are important regardless of the conceptual orientation or school of the family therapist. Advances and Suggestions for Outcome Research The decade of the 1970s has seen the following advances in the empirical evaluation of relationship therapy: 1. Use of multimethod assessment aimed at multiple levels. 2. Increased use of objective as well as subjective data. 3. Inclusion of comparison and control groups. 4. Use of short-term followups. 5. Acknowledgment of deterioration. 6. Development of sequential research projects which link an understanding of relationship dynamics to intervention. The following are recommendations for future outcome research based upon the progress already documented. There should be: 1. Increased assessment of outcome by practicing therapists, which will require diagnosis and followup assessment. 2. Continued use of multiple outcome measures, including combinations of subjective, objective, and system-relevant measures. 3. Greater specification of treatment procedure applied to a narrowly defined client group. 4. Continued effort to match treatment to relationship dynamics rather than to presenting complaints--e.g., match treatment to system rather than to symptom. 5. Investigation of the generalizability of treatment approaches to different settings. 6. Investigation of the generalization of treatment effects from the marital to parent-child subsystems and vice versa. PROMISING TRENDS AND

Book reviews and books received

Abstract Abstract Ruth Holdsworth: Using Tests in Vocational Guidance. ICON Series 7. Stourbridge: Institute of Careers Officers, 1978. £3.50. Students in Need: Essays in Memory of Nicholas Malleson. Guildford, Surrey: Society for Research into Higher Education, 1978. £5.50. Sue Walrond-Skinner (ed.): Family and Marital Psychotherapy: a Critical Approach. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. £4.75. Stephen G. Weinrach: Career Counseling. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. £11.20. Albert Mehrabian: Basic Behavior Modification. New Vistas in Counseling Series, Volume IX. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1978. £6.95. Arnold Jennings: Management and Headship in the Secondary School. London: Ward Lock Educational, 1978. £7 hardback; £3.50 paperback. Jean Rudduck: Learning through Small Group Discussion. Guildford: Society for Research into Higher Education, 1978. £4.20. Ann Hurman: A Charter For Choice: a Study of Option Schemes. Windsor: NFER, 1978. £8.50. R.D. Hinshelwood and Nick Manning (eds.): Therapeutic Communities: Reflections and Progress. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. £5.50. Bruce Hugman: Act Natural: a New Sensibility for the Professional Helper. London: Bedford Square Press, 1978. £3.95. Bill Jordan: Helping in Social Work. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. £4.95. S.L. Garfield and A.E. Bergin: Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavioral Change (2nd edition). New York: Wiley, 1978. £24.50. Guy Neave: Research Perspectives on the Transition from School to Work. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1978. 21.50 Dutch guilders.

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change: An Empirical Analysis, 2nd ed

Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change: An Empirical Analysis, 2nd ed