Research in Psychotherapy and Counselling

Ladislav Timulak is course director of the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin. He previously worked at the University of Trnava, Slovakia, and has extensive research and practical experience in the field of counselling and psychotherapy, as well as experience in conducting psychotherapy and counselling psychology training.

• PART 1: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING OUTCOME RESEARCHInstruments Used for Measuring Psychotherapy and Counselling OutcomeRandomized Control Trials (RCTs)Alternatives to Randomized Control TrialsMeta-Analysis and Systematic ReviewsEmpirically Supported TreatmentsDose-Effect ResearchClient and Therapist Characteristics and the Effect of PsychotherapyPART 2: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING PROCESS RESEARCHInstruments Used in Psychotherapy and Counselling Process Research InstrumentsSome Methodological Problems of Researching Therapy ProcessProcess-Outcome Research Descriptive Investigation of Therapeutic ProcessTesting Theories of Therapeutic Change and Therapeutic MechanismsPART 3: CONTEXT AND PRACTICEResearch on the Context of Psychotherapy and CounsellingResearch and Practice Link

`With the increasing emphasis on conducting research that makes a difference to governmental and other policy organisations, it seems likely that the kinds of methodologies introduced by Timulak will be of growing interest to researchers. In this respect, the book will be at the cutting edge of developments in counselling and psychotherapy research′ - Professor Mick Cooper, University of Strathclyde `The content is comprehensive and covers the full range of knowledge and information that a trainee psychologist/psychotherapy researcher would want to have… It offers a general overview of psychotherapy research methods and their logic which is not duplicated in any book that I know of′ - Georgia Lepper, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, University of Kent