Over the years, research in psychotherapy has focused on simple treatments that are easily replic... more Over the years, research in psychotherapy has focused on simple treatments that are easily replicable, intentionally taking the person of the therapist out of the equation. This practice has led to a de facto divide between psychotherapy researchers and clinicians, as many clinical researchers began to view any therapies not empirically validated through randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as invalid. Since these researchers published in journals almost exclusively read by other researchers, practicing clinicians, on their part, tended to view research as esoteric and irrelevant to their work. At the same time, many researchers became contemptuous of the more complex and long-term therapies which were more dependent on clinical skill and thus more difficult to research. It is not surprising that this schism has hampered efforts to translate research into practice and vice versa. Patients and psychotherapists are all concerned about making sure that treatment is as brief as possible ...
Over the years, research in psychotherapy has focused on simple treatments that are easily replic... more Over the years, research in psychotherapy has focused on simple treatments that are easily replicable, intentionally taking the person of the therapist out of the equation. This practice has led to a de facto divide between psychotherapy researchers and clinicians, as many clinical researchers began to view any therapies not empirically validated through randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as invalid. Since these researchers published in journals almost exclusively read by other researchers, practicing clinicians, on their part, tended to view research as esoteric and irrelevant to their work. At the same time, many researchers became contemptuous of the more complex and long-term therapies which were more dependent on clinical skill and thus more difficult to research. It is not surprising that this schism has hampered efforts to translate research into practice and vice versa. Patients and psychotherapists are all concerned about making sure that treatment is as brief as possible ...
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