Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Advantages and Challenges

Challenges for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

This paper addresses some challenges that psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies face in this era of reductionist evidence-based practice and administration of health-care. The topics chosen are illustrative, and include the following: the need to clarify the aims and goals of the practices; the need to validate theory further, with greater inter-school and inter-disciplinary dialogue and g...

Virtual Reality in Evidence - Based Psychotherapy

In his 1957 Annual Review of Psychology article, Winder defines psychotherapy as an interpersonal relationship characterized by the following attributes (p. 309): (1) at least one of the participants (i.e., therapist) is an expert in human relationships; (2) at least one of the participants (i.e., client) displays intrapersonal or interpersonal adjustment problems; (3) the objective of the rela...

EBMH notebook Manual-based treatment Part 2: the advantages of manual-based practice in psychotherapy

Although treatment manuals have existed for many years, controversy surrounds their use and dissemination. In a previous article, we addressed assets and liabilities of using empirically supported treatments (ESTs) in psychotherapy, as well as obstacles to disseminating such treatments. In this article, we argue that using EST aids clinical work and is ethically sound. At the same time, we draw...

Manual-based treatment Part 2: The advantages of manual-based practice in psychotherapy.

Although treatment manuals have existed for many years, controversy surrounds their use and dissemination. In a previous article, we addressed assets and liabilities of using empirically supported treatments (ESTs) in psychotherapy, as well as obstacles to disseminating such treatments. In this article, we argue that using EST aids clinical work and is ethically sound. At the same time, we draw...

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