Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy (eBook)

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. new=""> 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

"In keeping with the authors' clear preference for
the on-going monitoring of client work, is the belief that on-going
monitoring of the supervisory dyad mirrors and enhances the
supervisee's learning, and for that reason alone I would
recommend this book to both the practising therapist and those in
training." (Counselling & Psychotherapy
Research, 2 December 2014)

Green and Latchford are to be congratulated on writing a landmark
book on their unique evidence-based approach to psychotherapy. In a
field increasingly dominated by protocol-driven practice, they
offer their client-directed, outcome-informed approach as a genuine
alternative. This approach represents a marriage of scientific
rigour with clinical artistry. All therapists - both novices
and experts - should read this book.

--Alan Carr, Director of Clinical
Psychology, University College Dublin

This is about evidence-based practice that you must and will
want to read. Green and Latchford provide welcome relief from the
mindless protocols and treatment guidelines that dominate so much
of modern professional discourse and practice. In the process, they
offer practitioners, researchers, educators, and policy makers a
research-based alternative to improving the quality and outcome of
behavioral health practice.

--Scott Miller, Director, International
Centre for Clinical Excellence and Cummings Professor of Behavioral
Health, Arizona State University