Clinician attitudes toward time-limited and time-unlimited therapy.

Ninety-four college students were examined to investigate the effects of session length (30and 50-min "hours") on therapy success. A prescreening assessment consisting of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the College Adjustment Scale was conducted. Therapy was provided by either a licensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family counselor trained in brief therapy. On completion of a maximum of 8 therapy sessions, client adjustment and satisfaction were assessed. No difference was found in treatment effect or client satisfaction between the two treatment groups. Students reported greater adjustment after therapy independent of session length.

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Implementing a time-limited therapy program: Differential effects of training and experience.

Burlingame

Fuhriman²,

Paul³

et al. 1989

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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This study examined the relationship of treatment success to therapist experience, differential levels of training in time-limited therapy, and self-report attitudes and skill toward time-limited treatment. Twelve therapists treated 57 prescreened outpatients in time-limited treatment. Clients of experienced therapists demonstrated superior outcome ratings when compared to those of less experienced therapists. In addition, a relationship was found between increased levels of training in timelimited therapy and rates of attrition, recidivism, and clinically significant change. Implications for past interpretations of the literature as well as future directions for the practice and research of short-term therapies are discussed.The efficacy of planned short-term individual psychotherapy is becoming a well-established empirical fact (Johnson & Gelso, 1980;Koss & Butcher, 1986). While models of short-term therapy appear to be increasing in the literature (Burlingame The authors would like to dedicate this article to one of the intake officers, Carol Shigetomi, who died tragically shortly after the study commenced. This study would have been difficult to complete without Carol's patient attention to detail.

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Clinician attitudes toward time-limited and time-unlimited therapy.

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Planned short-term psychotherapy: Current status and future challenges

Effect of session length on treatment outcome for college students in brief therapy.

Implementing a time-limited therapy program: Differential effects of training and experience.

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