Doing Research on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Training: A Person-Centered/Experiential Perspective.
Robert Elliott and Alberto Zucconi
Abstract. In this article, we present a framework for selecting instruments for evaluating psychotherapy and psychotherapy training from a person-centered and experiential psychotherapy (PCEP) perspective. The protocol is divided into eight therapy measurement domains, consisting of four research themes (therapy outcome, therapy process, client predictors, training outcome) and two levels (general/pantheoretical concepts vs. treatment specific/PCEP-oriented concepts). This research protocol provides recommendations about what to measure, encouraging collaboration across different training sites, while still allowing flexibility for individual centers. Minimum and systematic case study data collection designs are described: Minimum designs are appropriate for use in private practice settings with one’s own clients; systematic case study designs can be used for student case presentation requirements or for publication. The framework and research protocols described are part of an emerging international research project involving private and public training centers in several countries.
Radical Reflexivity: Rationale for an Experiential Person-Centered Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy.
David L. Rennie
Abstract. In this article qualitative research into the client’s experience of therapy is drawn on in support of the concept of radical reflexivity, or awareness of being self-aware, and of how radical reflexivity contributes to agency. Radical reflexivity is applied to the individual’s relation with self and others, evaluation of these relationships, and the articulation of experiencing. These ramifications are woven into a rationale for an experiential person-centered approach to counseling and psychotherapy. Empathic attunement, process identification, process direction and meta-communication as the main features of the approach are described and their implications for both the therapeutic alliance and the integration of approaches to counseling and psychotherapy are discussed.
The New Integral Multidisciplinary Guidelines in The Netherlands: The Perspective of Person-Centered Psychotherapy. Giel J. M. Huthschemaekers & Martin Van Kalmthout Abstract. In the new Dutch multidisciplinary guidelines for mental health care person-centered psychotherapy has been omitted. The consequences of this verdict may result in the person-centered approach being excluded from regular treatment. This omission is based on the view that intervention should be evidence based. This evidence-based emphasis has resulted in guidelines that restrict good treatment to interventions focussed on complaint reduction. Other treatment goals are excluded because they lack enough evidence Person-centered psychotherapists are in an excellent position to open this discussion. Sensory Awareness as a Method of Mindfulness-Training within the Perspective of Person-Centered Psychotherapy. Michael M. Tophoff Abstract. This article starts with a description of Sensory Awareness as a training method in mindfulness. Subsequently, the influence of Eastern doctrines, i.e. Daoism and Chan Buddhism, on Rogers´ thinking is examined. Concepts from Person-Centered psychotherapies are traced to their Eastern roots. Their function within Sensory Awareness is discussed. Finally, the paper addresses the issue of whether Sensory Awareness can be instrumental within person-centered psychotherapies.Review Essay Jerold Bohart Paul Wilkins, Person-Centred Therapy in Focus
Reviews. Nathaniel Raskin, Contributions to Client-Centered Therapy and the Person-Centered Approach, a comprehensive collection of his papers over a lifetime of work in client-centered therapy.
Reviewed by Barry Grant.
Godfrey Barrett-Lennard, Relationship at the Centre: Healing in a troubled world
Reviewed by Charles O'Leary
Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper, Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Reviewed by Peter F. Schmid
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