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Traditional research and psychotherapy practice.

D E Polkinghorne1

  • 1Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, USA. polkingh@mizar.usc.edu

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|June 16, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Psychotherapy relies on therapist judgment, which adapts to unique patient situations beyond generalized research. Therapists integrate research findings as vicarious experiences to enhance their clinical decision-making.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research

Background:

  • Traditional research often uses inferential logic, assuming predictable human actions.
  • Psychotherapy practice necessitates nuanced therapist judgment sensitive to contextual factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the distinct nature of clinical judgment in psychotherapy.
  • To examine how therapists integrate generalized knowledge with practice-specific insights.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the inferential logic in traditional research versus the judgmental processes in psychotherapy.
  • Conceptualization of how therapists' knowledge bases are formed and utilized.

Main Results:

  • Therapist judgment transcends direct application of generalized knowledge, adapting to unique, contextual, and evolving therapeutic situations.

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  • Therapists' knowledge bases incorporate personal and vicarious experiences, including research findings.

    • Conclusions:

    • Psychotherapy practice requires a form of judgment that goes beyond standard research applications.
    • Therapists can effectively incorporate descriptive research components as vicarious experiences into their clinical knowledge.