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Training therapists in evidence-based mental health interventions: What works and what holds promise for the future?

Society of Clinical Psychology

By the time she presented to the specialty clinic, she had seen a number of therapists and had little hope for improvement, stating that “nothing worked before.” However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety.

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

We are now at a point where we recognize that some form of consultation or follow-up support is needed to achieve levels of skill that are similar to those of therapists in the original clinical trials. But this still isn’t the whole picture. Aarons, Hurlburt, & Horwitz., These frameworks share some common elements.