Principles of Change: How Psychotherapists Implement Research in Practice

Principles of Change constitutes a new approach to evidence-based practice in psychotherapy that goes beyond the traditional and unidirectional dissemination of research, whereby clinicians are typically viewed as passive recipients of scientific findings. Based on an extensive review of
literature, it first offers a list of 38 empirically based principles of change grouped into five categories: client prognostic, treatment/provider moderating, client process, therapeutic relationship, and therapist interventions. Six therapists from diverse theoretical orientations then describe, in
rich and insightful detail, how they implement each of these principles. The book also offers exchanges between researchers and clinicians on several key issues, including how similarly and differently change principles are addressed or used across a variety of treatments; and how clinicians'
observations and reflections can guide future research. By presenting together these unique yet complementary experiences, Principles of Change will support synergetic advances in understanding and improving psychotherapy, laying the foundation for further collaborations and partnerships between
stakeholders in mental health services.


Author: Louis G. Castonguay
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/08/2019
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199324729

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2020

About the Author

Louis G. Castonguay, Ph.D. completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, a clinical internship at U.C. Berkeley, and a Post-doctorate at Stanford University. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Penn State University. With more than 200 publications (including nine co-edited books), his scholarly work and research focus on different aspects of therapeutic change and training (including variables related to interventions, relationships, client, and therapist), especially within the context of psychotherapy integration. He is also involved in practice-oriented research and the development of Practice Research Networks, both aimed at facilitating the collaboration between clinicians and researchers. In addition, he has been investigating the process and efficacy of new integrative treatments for generalized anxiety disorder and depression. 

 

Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D. completed his doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University, a clinical internship at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Constantino is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he directs the Psychotherapy Research Lab and serves as Graduate Program Director. Dr. Constantino's professional and research interests center on the patient, therapist, and dyadic factors in psychosocial treatments; pantheoretical principles of clinical change (i.e., common factors); and measurement-based care. 

 

Larry E. Beutler, Ph.D. is the past Director of the National Center on the Psychology of Terrorism, a multi-center Institute sponsored by Stanford University, Palo Alto University, and the Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System. He is the William McInnes Distinguished Professor Emeritus and the former Chair and Director of Training for the Clinical Psychology Program at Palo Alto University's Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California. He also holds an appointment as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he established and Directed the Clinical/Counseling/School Psychology Program. Dr. Beutler's first position following his graduation (PhD-Clinical Psychology) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1970), was at Duke University Medical School. 

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