Book chapter
Treatment Modalities: Comparing Treatment Outcomes and Therapeutic Processes in Individual, Family, and Group Counseling and Psychotherapy
The Oxford Handbook of Treatment Processes and Outcomes in Psychology
Oxford Library of Psychology, Oxford University Press
07/18/2016
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199739134.013.28
Abstract
In the first part of this chapter the focus is on research comparing the effectiveness (i.e., psychotherapy outcomes) of various treatment modalities: individual, group, couple, and family therapies. In the second section the discussion shifts to focus on research that examines therapy process similarities and differences across the various treatment modalities. The chapter includes a review of the research literature comparing individual, group, couple, and family treatments. Although there are numerous studies comparing treatment approaches (e.g., cognitive behavior therapy vs. psychodynamic therapy), far fewer studies have compared treatment modalities. For treatment outcome differences, a number of meta-analyses examining similarities and differences across treatment modalities are reviewed, summarized, and critiqued. Exploring differences in therapeutic processes involved reviewing, summarizing, and critiquing studies that examined similarities and differences in the character of the therapeutic alliance, helpful events, and therapist behaviors and techniques. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research. Two major approaches to new research are recommended: focus on treatment goals and systemic processes and an increased focus on the therapeutic processes that cut across and differentiate the treatment modalities
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment Modalities: Comparing Treatment Outcomes and Therapeutic Processes in Individual, Family, and Group Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Creators
- Dennis M Kivlighan - Counseling, Higher Education, Special Education, University of MarylandD Martin Kivlighan III - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Contributors
- Sara Maltzman (Editor) - Psychology, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Treatment Processes and Outcomes in Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Series
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199739134.013.28
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/18/2016
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984362664602771
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