Posted by Dinah on October 7, 2003, at 9:07:08
In reply to Re: confused about what is good...may trigger*****, posted by Dinah on October 7, 2003, at 8:53:20
> The research shows that therapist theoretical orientation has little to do with therapy outcome. The biggest indicator of therapy success is the client's perception of the therapeutic relationship.
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> I'll try to look up some of the latest outcome research if I get some time. It's really very interesting. But if you were to sum up a large body of research, the most simple description of the outcome is that old view (Rogers was it?) that the relationship is everything.You might look for:
Lambert, Shapiro & Bergin, 1986
Miller et al, 1997
And I was incorrect. Client factors account for the biggest variable in change.
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