Summary
Years of experience, level of qualification, modality delivered, supervision, personal therapy, and continuing professional development are not predictive of client outcomes in psychotherapy. Further, the outcomes of psychotherapy have not improved in over 40 years, despite the proliferation of new therapy modalities. Evidence Based Counselling & Psychotherapy for the 21st Century Practitioner answers how counselling and psychotherapy can be operationalised in the 21st century, dispelling long-held beliefs about how psychotherapy works.
Discussing evidence-based practice in its various forms, the chapters provide an analysis of research used and the debate around the effectiveness of specific therapies, commonalities across therapies and the many evidence-based relationship variables that are said to contribute to effective psychotherapy. Client factors and the use of technology, deliberate practice, supervision, and a simulated client case demonstrate the application of the methods and ideas reviewed.
Whether a novice psychotherapy trainee or a seasoned practitioner or supervisor, Evidence Based Counselling & Psychotherapy for the 21st Century Practitioner illustrates what an effective 21st century practitioner needs to know, do, and reflect on to improve the effectiveness of their psychotherapeutic work and client outcomes – of interest across the allied health and social care sectors where counselling and therapy interventions are used.
Table of contents
PART 1
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Chapter 1. Empirically Supported Treatments: A Brief history
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Chapter 2. Evidence Based Practice: An Overview
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Chapter 3. The Common Factors in Therapy
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PART 2
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Chapter 4. Evidence Based Relationships 1: Therapeutic alliance, goals & collaboration, alliance-rupture repair, feedback informed care
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Chapter 5. Evidence Based Relationships 2: Treatment credibility & outcome expectancy
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Chapter 6. Evidence Based Relationships 3: Emotional expression, counter-transference, self-disclosure, immediacy
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Chapter 7. Evidence Based Relationships 4: Empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard, real relationship
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Chapter 8. Evidence Based Responsiveness 1: Client Factors
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Chapter 9. Evidence Based Responsiveness 2: Multicultural Responsiveness; Ravind Jeawon and Daryl Mahon
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PART 3
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Chapter 10. Information Technology and Psychotherapy in the 21st Century; Jeb Brown, Ashley Simon, and Justin Turner
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Chapter 11. Deliberate Practice for Enhancing Skills Development in 21st Century Psychotherapy
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Chapter 12. Enhancing Supervision Through the use of Data; Daryl Mahon and Jeb Brown
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Chapter 13. Simulated Psychotherapy Case Study for the 21st Century Practitioner and Supervisor
About the authors
Daryl Mahon is a Psychotherapist, Lecturer, and Researcher. Prior to taking up his current role in research, Daryl worked across the social inclusion sector, working with individuals and communities facing marginalisation. Mahon has been working as an Action Researcher with a European non-profit organisation based in Dublin working in complex systems change to support social services to solve complex problems and scale social innovations and evidence-based practices. He has published widely across psychotherapy processes and outcomes.
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