“…The critique of "research without resonance" quoted by Lüders and Rauschenbach (2001: 573) fifteen years ago, still seems to be valid. However, the possibility of a direct transfer, as proposed in the concept of evidence-based social work, in which only those interventions are valid whose outcome has been proven by rigorous studies, is discussed rather controversially in Germany (Albus, Ziegler, 2012;Otto et al, 2010;Otto, 2007). One point of criticism is that the effectiveness of a professional intervention is hardly generalizable.…”