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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., in an early session of psychotherapy. Bennemann, B.,

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‘Why we’re providing therapy for parents in pre-proceedings’

Community Care

Even more surprisingly, “matching the model of treatment to a psychiatric diagnosis has an insignificant impact” (Sami Timimi, cited in Johnson and Boyle, 2018).

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What Is and Is Not a Psychological Treatment?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychiatric medications, for example, might address psychological problems but are obviously not psychological treatments. Falk Leichsenring, DSc, is Professor of psychotherapy research at the Clinic of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the University of Giessen. He is a member of the German Scientific Board of Psychotherapy.

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

Society of Clinical Psychology

When attending national academic conferences in psychology, it is hard not to hear mention of mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. Alan Kazdin’s 2007 article, Mediators and Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy Research, still has lasting effects on the way psychologists think about therapy today. 2013; Cha et al., Gibbons, M.

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loneliness and therapy

Clinical Philosophy

Raimond Gaita's famous example of the nun in the psychiatric hospital provided the example here.) Yet my point is that the work of psychotherapy, as we've always practiced it, is itself precisely what's required for the true amelioration of loneliness. I found it hard to say anything that didn't refer back to what I'd already said.

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Clinical Philosophy

Bertelli, Johan De Groef, and Elisa Rondini 98: The Bodily Self in Schizophrenia: From Phenomenology to Neuroscience, Francesca Ferri and Vittorio Gallese

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Ethnoracial status, intersectionality with gender, and psychotherapy utilization, retention, and outcomes. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, & Practice, 52(3), 308–314. Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 578–584. TARGET ARTICLE Joiner, T. Robison, M., Robertson, L., Daurio, A. M., & Millender, E. link] Hayes, J. Cummings, J.