PS381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Therapeutic Relationship, Consumer Reports, Clinical Trial
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Inducing change via professional relationship: very rare to have a cure usually just minimizes problems, at times its about enrichment or augmentation. In essence talking about a professional relationship (not casual) that can be very intimate (sharing a lot of information) Expressed as socially sanctioned healing: psychotherapy. Affect changes in the individual (e. g. , reduce symptoms) Professionally established relationship that has protection built into it along with boundaries. Person receiving treatment must show significant reduction in the levels of dysfunction. It connects the real world with the therapeutic world: effect size. Change relative to a comparison group that does not receive the treatment: efficacy studies. High efficacy studies will be highly controlled with high standardization. They seek the principles of science to be on their side. Aren"t necessarily psychotherapists they will be trained confederates i. e. grad students etc. May or may not include a control group.
