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Bryce D McLeod¹, John R Weisz

¹Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA. bmcleod@vcu.edu

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A new scale, the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy-Strategies (TPOCS-S), helps understand child psychotherapy. This tool reliably measures common youth therapy practices for anxiety and depression.

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Child and Adolescent Psychology
Psychotherapy Research
Clinical Assessment

Background:

Child and adolescent psychotherapy often lacks standardized documentation, hindering research into typical clinical practices.
Understanding usual care is crucial for improving mental health interventions for youth.
Existing methods may not adequately capture the nuances of real-world therapy sessions.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate the Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy-Strategies (TPOCS-S).
To provide a reliable tool for characterizing procedures in youth psychotherapy.
To facilitate the study of usual clinical care in child and adolescent mental health.

Main Methods:

The TPOCS-S was developed as an observational measure for youth psychotherapy procedures.
Independent coders rated therapy sessions from 43 children (aged 8-15) with anxiety and depressive disorders.
Psychometric properties, including interrater reliability, internal consistency, and validity, were analyzed.

Main Results:

The TPOCS-S demonstrated good interrater reliability.
Its five subscales (Behavioral, Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Client-Centered, Family) exhibited good internal consistency.
Analyses provided support for the validity of the TPOCS-S in assessing psychotherapy strategies.

Conclusions:

The TPOCS-S is a reliable and valid observational tool for studying child and adolescent psychotherapy.
This measure can characterize usual clinical care, enabling further research into effective youth mental health treatments.
The TPOCS-S facilitates a better understanding of therapy processes in real-world clinical settings.