Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience : The Art and Science of Psychotherapy

by Soldz, Stephen; McCullough, Leigh

• ISBN13: 9781557986030
• ISBN10: 1557986037
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Health and Addictions Research, Inc., Boston, MA. Provides stories from scientists and practitioners on successes and failures in balancing research with practice. Discusses challenges of practice and research, dialogue and cross-pollination, and benefits of a researcher-practitioner alliance. For psychological researchers and practitioners. DNLM: Psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction	3	(12)
Stephen Soldz
Leigh McCullough
I. Challenges of Practice and Research	15	(206)
Reflections of a Scientist-Practitioner	17	(16)
Marvin R. Goldfried
Origins of Process-Experiential Therapy: A Personal Case Study in Practice-Research Integration	33	(18)
Robert Elliott
Graduate Training in Boulder Model Clinical Psychology Programs: The Evolving Tension Between Science and Art	51	(16)
Michael E. Addis
A Harmonious Marriage: Personal Reflections on 25 Years of Research and Therapeutic Practice in a National Health Service Setting	67	(16)
David A. Winter
Integrating Research and Practice in Psychotherapy	83	(18)
Timothy Anderson
II. Dialogue and Cross-Pollination
Cross-Pollination of Research and Practice: The Honeybee, the Unicorn, and the Search for Meaning	101	(22)
Leigh McCullough
Research and Practice as Essential Tensions: A Constructivist Confession	123	(28)
Robert A. Neimeyer
What Do You Believe In? Clinical Conviction or Empirical Evidence?	151	(16)
Reiner W. Dahlbender
Horst Kaechele
Research and Practice: Does Culture Make a Difference?	167	(30)
Julia Shiang
Scientific Discipline Can Enhance Clinical Effectiveness	197	(24)
Lorna Smith Benjamin
III. Benefits of a Researcher--Practioner Alliance	221	(48)
Building the Researcher--Practitioner Alliance: A Personal Journey	223	(18)
Stephen Soldz
With Science and Service We Can Survive and Thrive	241	(12)
James O. Prochaska
Integrating Research and Practice: What Have We Learned?	253	(16)
Leigh McCullough
Stephen Soldz
Author Index	269	(6)
Subject Index	275	(10)
About the Editors	285