A brief history of psychotherapy research.

1992 ◽  
pp. 309-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans H. Strupp ◽  
Kenneth I. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
History Of Psychotherapy ◽  
History Of

Intervento: Psicoterapia e ricerca "scientifica"

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Paolo Migone
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Chaos Theory ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
Clinical Material ◽  
History Of Psychotherapy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

- Some problems of the relationship between psychotherapy and scientific research are examined. The following aspects are discussed: the theory of demarcation between science and non-science, the problem of replicability, "hard" and "soft" sciences, complexity and chaos theory, the levels of probability and indeterminacy, the inductive-deductive circle, abduction, etc. Clinical material is presented in order to exemplify the issues under discussion. Some of the problems met by empirical research in psychotherapy (for example the manualization of psychotherapy techniques) are described, and the phases of the history of psychotherapy research movement are summarized. (This intervention is a discussion of the paper by the physicist Ferdinando Bersani "Replicability in science: Myth or reality?". Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2009, XLIII, 1: 59-76). [KEY WORDS: science, psychotherapy research, epistemology, replicability, psychoanalytic research]

Client, Therapist, and Treatment Variables

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoko Kimpara ◽  
Hannah Holt ◽  
Julianne Alsante ◽  
Larry E. Beutler
Keyword(s):  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
Therapeutic Change ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of Psychotherapy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changing Practices ◽  
Health Field

Consideration of the client–therapist match as a contributor, predictor, and optimizer of therapeutic change is not new in the behavioral health field. Indeed, it has evolved from two interactive and co-acting histories: (a) changing practices in psychotherapy research and (b) corresponding changes in the way that clinicians have viewed the role of theory in their practices. In the past three and a half decades, research emphasis has changed to increasingly reflect the roles played by client diagnoses, brands of interventions, and the theories that underlie their use. This chapter reviews the history of psychotherapy research and randomized controlled trials (RCTs). It then describes a contemporary view of RCT design that attempts to incorporate contemporary research developments that are bringing together research and practice.

scholarly journals Psychotherapy in The Netherlands after the Second World War

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giel J M Hutschemaekers ◽  
Harry Oosterhuis
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
World War ◽  
Elite Group ◽  
Psychoanalytic Treatment ◽  
History Of Psychotherapy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second World

The early history of psychotherapy in the Netherlands hardly differs from that of the surrounding countries. Somewhat later than in France and Germany, psychotherapy appeared during the last decades of the nineteenth century, with general practitioners who started to treat their patients (mainly for all kinds of somatic complaints) by psychological means. In the early decades of the twentieth century, psychotherapy was narrowed down to mainly psychoanalytic treatment. The patient population consisted of a small élite group of people who belonged to the upper social classes. The practice of psychotherapy was restricted to some “enlightened” psychoanalysts.

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