Table of Contents

Section I: Foundations of psychotherapy research:The Prehistory of Psychotherapy and Its Implications for Psychotherapy Science: Shamanism, Folk Medicine, Philosophy, and Religion.- Historical paths in psychotherapy Research.-The philosophy of psychotherapy science: Mainstream and alternative views.- Psychotherapia Academica Universitatis: A Philosophical Argument for the Academic Discipline of Psychotherapy.- Interpretation as a Cognitive Instrument. Psychotherapy Science as an Attempt to Pool Paradigm-based Systems of Interpretation.- Institutional parameters of psychotherapy education as a prerequisite for systematic psychotherapy research.- Theory-Building, Enriching, and Fact-Gathering: Alternative Purposes of Psychotherapy Research.- Section II. Psychotherapy process research: Introduction to psychotherapy process research.- Outlines of a general theory of the psychotherapy process. The clinical exchange as communicational field: Implications for theory and methodology.- The Relationship: How it Works.- Data analysis in psychotherapy research.- Quantitative approaches to treatment process, change process, and process-outcome research.- Current issues on group psychotherapy research: An overview.- The Process of Change in Psychotherapy: Common and Unique Factors.- Therapeutic alliance and alliance ruptures and resolutions: Theoretical definitions, assessment issues and research findings.- Positive emotions in psychotherapy: Conceptual propositions and research challenges.- Psychotherapeutic Process from the Psychotherapist's Perspective.- From a psychoanalytic narrative case study to quantitative single case research.- Qualitative methods in psychotherapy process research.- Applications of Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Counseling and Psychotherapy Research.- Interpretation-Driven Guidelines for Designing and Evaluating Grounded Theory Research: A Constructivist-Social Justice Approach.- Consensual QualitativeResearch (CQR) Methods for Conducting Psychotherapy Process Research.- Conversation analysis and psychotherapy process research.- A pragmatic approach to the study of therapeutic interaction: Towards an observational science of psychotherapy process. Section III. Psychotherapy outcome research: Quantitative psychotherapy outcome research: Methodological issues.- Qualitative methods in psychotherapy outcome research.- Outcome Research on Disorder-Specific Treatments: The Case of Grief Therapy.- Outcome research: Methods for Improving Outcome in Routine Care.- Psychotherapy outcome research and neuroimaging.

Reviews

“This book focuses on psychotherapy research, in terms of both process and outcome. … The intended audience is researchers, clinicians, and undergraduate and graduate students. … This excellent book extensively covers the psychotherapy process and outcomes, supplying hundreds of references for follow-up.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2015)