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Expertise and Psychotherapy:Expertise and Psychotherapy:Core Tasks
Scott D. Miller, Ph.D.International Center for Clinical Excellence
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
•Since the 1960’s:
•Number of treatment
approaches grown from 60 to
400+;
So, what’s happened?
400+;
•10,000+ “how to” books
published on psychotherapy;
•145 manualized treatments for
51 of the 297 possible diagnostic
groups in DSM.
Duncan, B., Miller, S., Wampold, B., & Hubble, M. (eds.) (2009). The Heart and Soul of Change: Delivering What Works.
Washington, D.C.: APA
Miller, S.D., Hubble, M.A., Chow, D.L., & Seidel, J.A. (2013). The outcome of psychotherapy: yesterday, today, and
tomorrow. Psychotherapy, 50, 88-97.
Wampold, B.L. (2001). The great psychotherapy debate. Mahwah, NJ: LEAPress.
•In most studies of treatment conducted over the
last 40 years, the average treated person is better
off than 80% of the untreated sample.
•No difference in outcome between treatment
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:Progress
•No difference in outcome between treatment
approaches;
•Taken together, comparative, component
(dismantling), mediating variable, & aptitude-by-
treatment studies all show that specific ingredients
are NOT needed to achieve a good outcome.
Duncan, B., Miller, S., Wampold, B., & Hubble, M. (eds.) (2009). The Heart and Soul of Change: Delivering
What Works. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
“Decades of psychotherapy
research have failed to find
a scintilla of evidence that
Progress ?
a scintilla of evidence that
any specific ingredient is
necessary for therapeutic
change.”
Ahn, H., & Wampold, B. (2001). Where oh where are the specific ingredients: A meta-analysis of
component studies in counseling and psychotherapy. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 48(3), 251-257.
Duncan, B., Miller, S.D., Wampold, B., & Hubble, M. (2009). The Heart and Soul of Change: Delivering
What Works in Therapy. APA: Washington, D.C.
Wampold, B. (2001). The Great Psychotherapy Debate. Mahwah, N.J.: LEA, 204.
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
Factor # Studies # Patients Effect Size d % of variability in
outcomes
Common Factors
Alliancea 190 2630 .57 .075
Empathya 59 3599 .63 .090
Goal Consensus/collaborationa 15 1302 .72 .115
Positive Regard/Affirmationa 18 1067 .56 .073
Congruence/Genuinessa 16 863 .49 .057
Specific Ingredients
Differences between treatmentsb 295 >5900 <.20 <.010
Adherence to protocolc 28 1334 .04 <.001
Rated competence in delivering
particular treatment
18 633 .14 .005
aNorcross, J. C., & Lambert, M. J. (2011). Psychotherapy relationships that work II. Psychotherapy,
48(1), 4-8. doi: 10.1037/a0022180bWampold, B. E. (2001b). The great psychotherapy debate: Model, methods, and findings.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.cWebb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., & Dimidjian, S.
(2011). Two aspects of the therapeutic alliance: Differential relations with depressive symptom
change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 279-283. doi: 10.1037/a0023252
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
Factor # Studies # Patients Effect Size d % of variability in
outcomes
Common Factors
Alliancea 190 2630 .57 .075
Empathya 59 3599 .63 .090
Goal Consensus/collaborationa 15 1302 .72 .115
What Does Make a Difference ?
Positive Regard/Affirmationa 18 1067 .56 .073
Congruence/Genuinessa 16 863 .49 .057
Specific Ingredients
Differences between treatmentsb 295 >5900 <.20 <.010
Adherence to protocolc 28 1334 .04 <.001
Rated competence in delivering
particular treatment
18 633 .14 .005
aNorcross, J. C., & Lambert, M. J. (2011). Psychotherapy relationships that work II. Psychotherapy,
48(1), 4-8. doi: 10.1037/a0022180bWampold, B. E. (2001b). The great psychotherapy debate: Model, methods, and findings.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.cWebb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., & Dimidjian, S.
(2011). Two aspects of the therapeutic alliance: Differential relations with depressive symptom
change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 279-283. doi: 10.1037/a0023252
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
Factor # Studies # Patients Effect Size d % of variability in
outcomes
Common Factors
Alliancea 190 2630 .57 .075
Empathya 59 3599 .63 .090
Goal Consensus/collaborationa 15 1302 .72 .115
What Does Make a Difference ?
Positive Regard/Affirmationa 18 1067 .56 .073
Congruence/Genuinessa 16 863 .49 .057
Specific Ingredients
Differences between treatmentsb 295 >5900 <.20 <.010
Adherence to protocolc 28 1334 .04 <.001
Rated competence in delivering
particular treatment
18 633 .14 .005
aNorcross, J. C., & Lambert, M. J. (2011). Psychotherapy relationships that work II. Psychotherapy,
48(1), 4-8. doi: 10.1037/a0022180bWampold, B. E. (2001b). The great psychotherapy debate: Model, methods, and findings.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.cWebb, C. A., DeRubeis, R. J., Amsterdam, J. D., Shelton, R. C., Hollon, S. D., & Dimidjian, S.
(2011). Two aspects of the therapeutic alliance: Differential relations with depressive symptom
change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 279-283. doi: 10.1037/a0023252
•Baldwin et al. (2007):
•Study of 331 consumers, 81
clinicians.
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
Baldwin, S., Wampold, B., & Imel, Z. (2007). Untangling the Alliance-
Outcome Correlation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(6),
842-852.
clinicians.
•Therapist variability in the
alliance predicted outcome.
•Consumer variability in the
alliance unrelated to
outcome.
•Despite the evidence:•Training continues to emphasize
model and technique;
•Therapists firmly believe that the
expertness of their techniques leads
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
expertness of their techniques leads
to successful outcomes;
•The field as a whole is continuing
to embrace the medical model.
•Emphasis on so-called, “empirically
supported treatments” or “evidence
based practice.”
•Embracing the notion of diagnostic
groups, treatment specificity.
Eugster, S.L. & Wampold, B. (1996). Systematic effects of participants role on
the evaluation of the psychotherapy session. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 64, 1020-1028.
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:What are the “Core Tasks” of Therapy?
The Evolution of Psychotherapy:The Evolution of Psychotherapy:
•What is the core task
A New Question and Focus
“…the most important
determinant of
Miller, S.D., Hubble, M.A., Chow, D.L., & Seidel, J.A. (2013). The outcome of psychotherapy: yesterday, today, and
tomorrow. Psychotherapy, 50, 88-97.
•What is the core task
of psychotherapists?
Engagement
determinant of
outcome…[this] can
be considered fact
established by 40-
plus years of research on psychotherapy.”
Orlinsky et al. (2005). Process and outcome in psychotherapy. In M.J. Lambert (ed). The Handbook of Psychotherapy
and Behavior Change (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.
Understand,
Affirm,
Be Congruent, Genuine, &
Engagement
Be Congruent, Genuine, &
Collaborative,
Seek Consensus