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Issues and methods in psychotherapy process research.

S L Garfield1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
|June 1, 1990
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Integrating psychotherapy process and outcome research is complex due to diverse methods and lack of replication. Future studies should include multiple orientations to establish causality between therapeutic processes and outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Process research in psychotherapy faces challenges in adequately combining process and outcome measures.
  • The field is characterized by diverse topics, varied scales, and individual theoretical constructs, hindering integration.
  • A relative lack of replication further complicates the synthesis of findings in psychotherapy process research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss the inherent problems and complexities in psychotherapy process research.
  • To highlight the difficulties in adequately combining process and outcome research.
  • To propose methodological improvements for future psychotherapy research.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of existing literature on psychotherapy process and outcome research.

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  • Analysis of methodological limitations, including diversity of variables and lack of replication.
  • Suggestion for incorporating multiple therapeutic orientations within research designs.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant correlations between specific process variables and outcome measures have been identified.
    • The integration of findings across studies is difficult due to methodological heterogeneity.
    • Causality between therapeutic process variables and treatment outcomes remains to be definitively demonstrated.

    Conclusions:

    • Psychotherapy process-outcome research requires more standardized and controlled methodologies.
    • Including multiple therapeutic orientations in studies can introduce necessary controls.
    • Further research is needed to establish causal links between specific therapeutic processes and successful outcomes.