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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

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Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., Capturing therapist-patient interactions.

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Types of Therapy and Mental Health Providers

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← How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits. In fact, choosing a therapist and the type of therapy you specifically need may seem like a chore. Types of Therapists and Counselors. Psychologists have attained either a doctorate in philosophy or a doctorate in psychology. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

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Realizing the Promise: Strategic Dissemination and Implementation of CBT in Public and Private Health Care Systems

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Although considered the gold standard psychological treatment for many mental and behavioral health conditions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) continues to be delivered at rates far below what research and expert recommendations suggest. Training included participation in a 2.5-day

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change (6th ed ed., Considering CBT with anxious youth?

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A Framework to Test Emotion Regulation in the Lab and the Clinic

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Understanding how people regulate their emotions well is a key question of interest for both basic and applied psychology researchers. Improvements in self-efficacy in treatment have predicted improvements in panic symptoms in a trial of CBT (Gallagher et al., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 12; Cheng et al.,

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Dissemination before evidence? What are the driving forces behind the dissemination of mindfulness-based interventions?

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We contend that, in addition to empirical arguments, a complex mixture of historical, social and psychological factors has fueled the acceptance of MBIs in the healthcare systems of Western societies. In the 1950s most proponents of behavior therapy (CBT) preferred a technical language (e.g., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

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Can You Change Your Personality Traits?

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Instead of pursuing our own intervention research, we decided, quite naively, to first look over the shoulder of our colleagues in clinical psychology. We found that seeing a therapist was indeed associated with personality trait change. To answer this question, one needs to study interventions. What did we find?