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Brief psychotherapy methods in clinical research.

Author Mary P. Koss Author James N. Butcher Author Hans Herrman Strupp

Abstract

Discusses the adequacy with which the defining technical characteristics of brief psychotherapy (BP) have been examined, the degree to which many studies offered treatment that exemplified well-conceptualized BP, the extent to which research has addressed representative clinical problems and populations, and the existence or lack of a cumulative data base on the prescriptive use of brief methods. The advantages and limitations of BP are also considered. It is concluded that BP methods, when appropriately applied, possess unique technical advantages to the researcher. (88 ref) (APA PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

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Details
Volume 54
Issue 1
Pages 60–67
DOI 10.1037/0022-006x.54.1.60
ISSN 1939-2117
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