Comparing the effectiveness of process-experiential with cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in the treatment of depression.

Watson, Jeanne C.; Gordon, Laurel; Stermac, Lana; Kalogerakos, Freda; Steckley, Patricia L

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.71.4.773

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“…The alliance construct has received significant support and is considered an empirically supported relationship variable (Norcross, 2012). Similarly, the Rogerian components of the therapeutic relationship are shown to be reliably associated with outcome in a range of settings within diverse clinical samples; this includes adult out-patient services for depression in clinical trials (Ablon & Jones, 1999;Blatt & Zuroff, 2005;Zuroff & Blatt, 2006), treatment studies for depression (Watson & Geller, 2005;Watson, Gordon, Stermac, Kalogerakos, & Steckley, 2003), youth and family therapy (Karver, Handelsman, Fields, & Bickman, 2006), severe psychosis (Hewitt & Coffey, 2005;Rogers, Gendlin, Kiesler, & Truax, 1967), and within general counseling (Archer, Forbes, Metcalfe, & Winter, 2000).…”

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Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions

Murphy

Cramer

2014

Psychotherapy Research

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Objective: Research on the effects of Rogers's therapeutic relationship conditions has typically focused on the unilateral provision of empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence from therapist to client. Method: This study looked at both client and therapist mutuality of the Rogerian therapeutic conditions and the association between mutuality and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions. Clients (N = 62; mean age = 24.32; 77% female, 23% male) and therapists (N = 12; mean age = 34.32; nine female and three male) rated one another using the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory after the first and third session. Results: Both clients and therapists perceived the quality of the relationship as improved over time. Client rating of psychological distress (CORE-OM) was lower after session 3 than at session 1 (es = .85, [95% CIs: .67, 1.03]). Hierarchical multiple regression was used to test the predictive power of mutually high levels of the therapeutic conditions on treatment progress. The association between client rating of therapist-provided conditions and treatment progress at session 3 was higher when both clients and therapists rated each other as providing high levels of the therapeutic conditions (R 2 change = .073, p < .03). Conclusions: The findings suggest mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions is related to treatment progress.

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Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions

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2014

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“…It has a thorough theory of emotion and taxonomy of markers and a detailed worked-out set of tasks with well-defined steps. EFT is recognized as evidence-based treatment (APA, Div.12) for depression and for couple conflict, and there is empirical support for its effectiveness for trauma, interpersonal problems, and eating disorders (Elliott, Greenberg, & Lietaer, 2004;Paivio & Nieuwenhuis, 2001;Watson, Gordon, Stermac, Kalogerakos, & Steckley, 2003). EMDR also has a growing body of research on effectiveness in a wide range of disorders and is recognized as evidencebased treatment (American Psychiatric Association, 2004) for PTSD, and there is empirical support for its effectiveness for a variety of somatoform and anxiety disorders, as well as symptoms such as depression and anxiety resulting from sexual abuse (Edmond, Sloan, & McCarty, 2004).…”

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Transformative emotional sequence: Towards a common principle of change.

Welling¹

2012

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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“…Studies found that adding emotion-focused techniques to client-centred therapy increased the efficacy of treatment (Greenberg & Watson, 1998;Goldman et al 2006), and that EFT was superior to client-centred therapy in long-term follow-ups (Ellison et al 2009). Watson et al (2003) found in an RCT that EFT equal to CBT but superior in reduction of interpersonal problems. Overall, while preliminary evidence supports the efficacy of EFT, there is still a need for future research comparing EFT to placebo, control and alternative psychotherapies.…”

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What we know, what we do not know, and where are we heading? Efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for depression

Solomonov

Barber

2015

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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In the past several decades, increasing evidence supports the efficacy of psychotherapies for depression. The vast majority of findings from meta-analyses, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and naturalistic studies have demonstrated that well-established psychotherapies (behavioural activation, problem-solving therapy, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy and emotion-focused therapy) are superior to no-treatment and control conditions, and are in most cases equally effective in treating depression. However, despite this abundant support for psychotherapies, studies have also consistently shown high drop-out rates, high percentages of non-respondent patients who experience treatment failures, and mixed findings regarding the enduring effects of psychotherapy. Thus, there is a need to develop more personalised treatment models tailored to patients' needs. A new integrative sequential stepwise approach to the treatment of depression is suggested. Key words: Behaviour therapy, cognitive therapy, depression, evidence-based psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies. What do we know about the efficacy of psychotherapies for depression?Depression is a pervasive mental condition which interferes with all domains of one's functioning and it is one of the most common problems leading people to seek treatment (e.g. Summers & Barber, 2010). Recent studies have shown that the approximated cumulative incidence of depression diagnosis from childhood to adulthood is between 32.54 and 51% (Rohde et al. 2012;Angst et al. 2015).In the past several decades, over 400 randomised clinical trials have investigated the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression (Cuijpers, 2015). Despite the heated debate regarding the superiority of one treatment over others, there is fairly wide acceptance of the 'Dodo Bird Verdict ' (Luborsky et al. 1975), at least in the case of depression, suggesting that all treatments are more or less equally effective (Cuijpers et al. 2008;Barth et al. 2013). Furthermore, research in the past two decades has taught us that psychotherapeutic treatments of depression are superior to waitlist and other control conditions (Barth et al. 2013;Lambert, 2013), and that psychotherapy combined with anti-depressant medication is more effective than medication alone (Barber et al. 2013;Köhler et al. 2013;Hollon et al. 2014;Fonagy, 2015;Leichsenring et al. 2015). There is also evidence suggesting that some types of psychotherapies are not only as effective as medication, but also have higher long-term enduring effects (Hollon & Ponniah, 2010;Cuijpers et al. 2013b). We begin by briefly reviewing some of the major findings that have arisen from the literature on treatments of depression, focusing only on the best-known and more widely researched. Behavioural activation (BA)BA is one of the most accepted and widely used behavioural treatments. Meta analyses found BA to be as effective as cognitive-behavioural therapy, and superior to control conditions (Cuijpers et al. 2007;Mazzuc...

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Comparing the effectiveness of process-experiential with cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in the treatment of depression.

Cited by 196 publications

References 42 publications

Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions

Mutuality of Rogers's therapeutic conditions and treatment progress in the first three psychotherapy sessions

Transformative emotional sequence: Towards a common principle of change.

What we know, what we do not know, and where are we heading? Efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for depression

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