Research in psychotherapy? Of course. But who cares?

Abstract

This papaer reviews critically how psychotherapy research may be of interest to:

1.Goverment authorities and health insurance industry, for the best planning of the psychotherapeutic service delivery system. here the author puts readers on their guard against the misuse of psychotherapy research results.

2.Clinicians that seek to expand the evidence base of their therapeutic interventions. Relevance of "curative factors" validated by reserach and primacy of clinical judgement in the therapeutic decision-making process in stressed.

3.Psychotherapists engaged in training that intent to teach therapeutic techniques that have proved their efficiency. The way empirical research data should be used in the training of psychotherapists is.