Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy

David Green is a clinical psychologist who has worked therapeutically for more than 30 years with young people and their families. From 1988 to 2010 he was Clinical Director of the Doctor of Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Leeds. He has been particularly interested in the role clinical supervision plays in the education of healthcare professionals. Gary Latchford is a clinical psychologist working in physical health, based at the department of Clinical and Health Psychology at St James s Hospital in Leeds. Since 1996 he has also been research director for the Doctor of Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Leeds. His clinical and research interests are mostly around psychological interventions in medical settings, and he has published several papers and book chapters on this topic.

List of Figures vii About the Authors ix Acknowledgements xi 1 The Equivalence of Psychotherapies 1 2 Research Into Psychotherapy: What Works and How? 23 3 The Conventional Wisdom 45 4 The Real Experimenter 67 5 Practice-based Evidence 87 6 Using Client Feedback in Psychotherapy The Research 109 7 Using Client Feedback in Psychotherapy In Practice 129 8 Ideas in Action 151 9 Transforming Training and Supervision 171 10 Conclusions and Some Recommendations 195 Subject Index 211