The great psychotherapy debate models, methods, and findings
Bruce E. Wampold.
- Mahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum Associates 2001.
- xiii, 263 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and indexes.
Competing meta-models: the medical model versus the contextual model -- Differential hypotheses and evidentiary rules -- Absolute efficacy: the benefits of psychotherapy established by meta-analysis -- Relative efficacy: the dodo bird was smarter than we have been led to believe -- Specific effects: weak empirical evidence that benefits of psychotherapy are derived from specific ingredients -- General effects: the alliance as a case in point -- Allegiance and adherence: further evidence for the contextual model -- Therapist effects: an ignored but critical factor -- Implications of rejecting the medical model.