Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
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The present study explored the effects on therapeutic outcomes of training therapists in brief manualized therapy. As part of the Vanderbilt II project, each of 16 therapists (8 psychiatrists and 8 clinical psychologists) treated 2 moderately disturbed adult patients using his or her customary short-term treatment methods; they then received a year of training in a manualized form of brief dynamic therapy, Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (TLDP); finally, they administered TLDP to 2 additional patients. It was hypothesized that training would result in improved outcomes generally and that differentially greater improvement would be seen in patients commonly considered less suitable for brief dynamic therapy. ⋯ Los resultados a la terminación no apoyaron ninguna de las dos hipótesis. Las mediciones de dependencia interpersonal al año de seguimiento resultaron consistentes con la primera hipótesis, mientras que los resultados de seguimiento fueron inconsistentes con la segunda. Una revisión sistemática de los treinta y dos casos luego del entrenamiento sugiere que la mayoría de los terapeutas no había l.