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Assimilating Common Factor Treatment Components into Cognitive Therapy for Depression

Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
A voluminous and ever-expanding research literature points to the general effectiveness of psychotherapy (Lambert & Ogles, 2004). Through the use of controlled clinical trials, psychotherapy researchers have identified many empirically-supported treatments for specific clinical phenomena (Roth & Fonagy, 2005). The extant research also suggests that, with just a few [...]

Believing is Seeing: Clinical Implications of Research on Patient Expectations

Michael J. Constantino and Joan DeGeorge
University of Massachusetts Amherst
A classic social psychological finding is that expectations shape people’s experiences, perceptions, and behaviors (e.g., Asch, 1946). Clinical psychologists have long been interested in how expectations specifically affect psychotherapy (e.g., Frank, 1968). After decades of theoretical and empirical attention, it appears safe to say that patient expectations are [...]