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Price, Jennifer L. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2016
The current study examined expectations and preferences of psychotherapy approach in 225 college students. Psychodynamic-interpersonal (PI) techniques were generally favored over cognitive-behavioral (CB) techniques both in expectations of what is characteristic of a typical therapy session and perceived helpfulness. There was no difference in…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Therapy, Psychotherapy
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Sochos, Antigonos – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
The couple relationship is an essential source of support for individuals undergoing psychological treatment and the aim of this study was to apply a new methodology in assessing the quality of such support. A theoretically informed thematic analysis of interview transcripts was conducted, triangulated by quantitative data. Twenty-one brief…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Patients, Anxiety
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Constantino, Michael J.; Laws, Holly B.; Arnow, Bruce A.; Klein, Daniel N.; Rothbaum, Barbara O.; Manber, Rachel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Interpersonal theories posit that chronically depressed individuals have hostile and submissive styles in their social interactions, which may undermine their interpersonal effectiveness and maintain their depression. Recent findings support this theory and also show that patients' interpersonal impact messages, as perceived by their…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Patients, Correlation
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Caporino, Nicole E.; Karver, Marc S. – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
An efficacious treatment is diminished in value if consumers do not seek it out and adhere to it, making treatment acceptability an important predictor of the effectiveness of treatment. This study examined the acceptability of treatments for depression to 67 female high school students. All participants read a vignette describing a depressed…
Descriptors: Health Services, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Mental Health Programs
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Klein, Daniel N.; Leon, Andrew C.; Li, Chunshan; D'Zurilla, Thomas J.; Black, Sarah R.; Vivian, Dina; Dowling, Frank; Arnow, Bruce A.; Manber, Rachel; Markowitz, John C.; Kocsis, James H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Depression is associated with poor social problem solving, and psychotherapies that focus on problem-solving skills are efficacious in treating depression. We examined the associations between treatment, social problem solving, and depression in a randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of psychotherapy augmentation for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship, Patients
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Pole, Nnamdi; Ablon, J. Stuart; O'Connor, Lynn E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
This article illustrates a method of testing models of change in individual long-term psychotherapy cases. A depressed client was treated with 208 sessions of control mastery therapy (CMT), an unmanualized approach that integrates elements of psychodynamic therapy (PDT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Panels of experts developed prototypes…
Descriptors: Models, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Behavior Modification