APA Handbook of Psychotherapy - Volume 2: Evidence-Based Practice, Practice-Based Evidence, and Contextual Participant-Driven Practice

The 2-volume APA Handbook of Psychotherapy comprehensively presents the field based on the primary ways in which professionals practice psychotherapy and affect such practice through theory, research, and training. 50 authoritative chapters capture the most representative ways in which psychotherapists characterize the driving forces behind their foundational therapeutic approaches. Therapists may:Administer psychotherapy according to a specific theoretical orientation, applying this model across most patients and contexts.Use a specific, "named" therapy to primarily treat patients suffering from a particular disorder.Draw on research evidence to administer psychotherapy in a way that can include, but also transcend, specific theoretical orientations and disorder-specific interventions.Generate data and draw on varied forms of research psychotherapy in a participant-driven and contextually responsive manner.These chapters represent the latest thinking and evidence on the most relevant topics across the "big four" psychotherapy domains of theory, research, practice, and training. All four parts are written for researchers, practitioners, scholars, and trainers, with the major difference among the sections being their emphasis on, and order of, discussing the "big four" elements. Part I. Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 1. Introduction to Volume 2, Part I: Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 2. Do Some Theory-Specific Psychotherapies Outperform Others Chapter 3. Are Theory-Specific Treatment Factors Responsible for Psychotherapeutic Change? Chapter 4. Are Common Factors Responsible for Therapeutic Change? Chapter 5. Do Certain Patients Respond Better to Specific Forms of Psychotherapy? Chapter 6. Can Psychotherapies Be Effectively Adapted to Cultural Identity (Fit)? Chapter 7. Responsiveness: Can Psychotherapies and Psychotherapists Adapt Effectively to Participant and Clinical Contexts? Chapter 8. Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: On What Can We Agree? Chapter 9. How Can We Most Effectively Conceptualize and Conduct Psychotherapy According to Evidence-Based Principles? Chapter 10. What Is the Current Configuration of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy? Integrating Common Factors Into Personalized Care. Part II. Practice-Based Evidence and Contextual Participant-Driven Practice Chapter 11. Introduction to Volume 2, Parts II and III. Chapter 12. Does Controlled Research on Psychotherapy Translate to Naturalistic Practice Settings (Effectiveness)? Chapter 13. Do Practice-Generated Data Improve Psychotherapy Effectiveness (Routine Outcome Monitoring)? Chapter 14. Do Therapists Differ in Their General Effectiveness? Therapist Effects and Their Determinants. Chapter 15. Therapist Performance Report Cards: Do Clinicians Differ in Their Specific Effectiveness? Chapter 16. Can We Harness Therapist Effects for Therapeutic Benefit? Chapter 17. Do Therapists Get Better With Experience? Chapter 18. What Is a Contemporary Patient-Centered Perspective on Psychotherapy Processes and Outcomes? Chapter 19. What Are the Pathways and Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence in Psychotherapy? Part III. Ethical Considerations and Future Directions in Practice-Based Evidence, Evidence-Based Practice, and Contextual Participant-Driven Practice. Chapter 20. What Are the Primary Ethical Considerations of Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence? Chapter 21. What Are Some Primary Future Directions for Psychotherapy Research, Practice, and Training? The first volume of this handbook examined two nonmutually exclusive ways in which psychotherapists practice: (a) according to a specific theoretical orientation across most patients and contexts (Volume 1, Part I); (b) by using a specific, “named” therapy to treat patients suffering from a particular mental illness (Volume 1, Part II). In Part I of this second volume, we turn to a third primary way in which professionals practice psychotherapy and/or try to affect such practice through theory, research, and training. This part centers on evidence-based practice (EBP) and examines how psychotherapists may draw on varied forms of research to administer psycho­therapy in a way that can include, but also transcend, specific theoretical orientations and disorder-specific interventions. Part II of Volume 2 complements the discussion of EBP by focusing on practice-based evidence, or how psycho­therapists may generate data in routine practice and draw on varied forms of research to administer psycho­social treatment in a participant-driven and contextually responsive manner. Together, the four major parts of the handbook provide a comprehensive examination of the current state-of-the-science and art of psychotherapy.