What have been the most important phases in psychotherapy research up to the present day?

Questions on the texts

Read Braakmann (2015) (core reading) for a historical overview of psychotherapy research. Try to answer the following questions:

1. What are the main differences between outcome and process research?
2. What are “common factors” in psychotherapy?
3. What were the main methodological advances in psychotherapy research?

In Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, the Dodo character issues the verdict “Everybody has won, and all must have prizes”, after a rather nonsensical race that no one can win has taken place. Why did a pioneer in psychotherapy research, Saul Rosenzweig, issue a similar verdict for psychotherapy?
(Public domain; illustration by John Tenniel)

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References

Braakmann D. (2015) Historical paths in psychotherapy research. In: O. Gelo, A. Pritz, & B. Rieken (Eds.), Psychotherapy research (pp. 39-65). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1382-0_3
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-7091-1382-0_3

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