Resource Readings

Psychology 644.X: Assessment of Therapy Progress
William B. Stiles, Instructor
Fall Semester, 2005

 

Assimilation Model

Brinegar, M. G., Salvi, L. M., Stiles, W. B., & Greenberg, L. S. (submitted). Building a meaning bridge: Therapeutic progress from problem formulation to understanding. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Field, S. D., Barkham, M., Shapiro, D. A., & Stiles, W. B. (1994).  Assessment of assimilation in psychotherapy: A quantitative case study of problematic experiences with a significant other.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 41, 397-406.

Honos-Webb, L., Lani, J. A., & Stiles, W. B. (1999). Discovering markers of assimilation stages: The fear of losing control marker. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55, 1441-1452.

Honos-Webb, L., & Stiles, W. B. (1998). Reformulation of assimilation analysis in terms of voices.  Psychotherapy, 35, 23-33

Honos-Webb, L., Stiles, W. B., Greenberg, L. S., & Goldman, R. (1998).  Assimilation analysis of process-experiential psychotherapy: A comparison of two cases.  Psychotherapy Research, 8, 264-286.

Honos-Webb, L., Surko, M., & Stiles, W. B. (1998). Manual for rating assimilation in psychotherapy: February 1998 version.  Unpublished manuscript.  Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Honos-Webb, L., Surko, M., Stiles, W. B., & Greenberg, L. S. (1999). Assimilation of voices in psychotherapy: The case of Jan. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 46, 448-460.

Humphreys, C. L., Rubin, J. S., Knudson, R. M., & Stiles. W. B. (2005). The assimilation of anger in a case of dissociative identity disorder. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 18, 121-132.

Knobloch, L. M. Endres,  L. M., Stiles, W. B., &  Silberschatz, G. (2001). Convergence and divergence of themes in successful psychotherapy: An assimilation analysis. Psychotherapy, 38, 31-39.

Lani, J. A., Glick, M. J., Osatuke, K., Brandenburg, C., Gray, M. A., Humphreys, C. L., Reynolds, D., & Stiles, W. B. (2002). Markers of assimilation manual. Unpublished manuscript. Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Leiman, M., & Stiles, W. B. (2001). Dialogical sequence analysis and the zone of proximal development as conceptual enhancements to the assimilation model: The case of Jan revisited. Psychotherapy Research, 11, 311-330.

Osatuke, K., Glick, M. J., Gray, M. A., Reynolds, D. J., Jr., Humphreys, C. L., Salvi, L. M., & Stiles, W. B. (2004). Assimilation and narrative: Stories as meaning bridges. In L. Angus & J. McLeod (Eds.), Handbook of narrative and psychotherapy: Practice, theory, and research (pp. 193-210). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Osatuke, K., Glick, M. J., Stiles, W. B., Greenberg, L. S., Shapiro, D. A., & Barkham, M. (2005). Temporal patterns of improvement in client-centred therapy and cognitive-behaviour therapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 18, 95-108.

Osatuke, K., Gray, M. A., Glick, M. J., Stiles, W. B., & Barkham, M. (2004). Hearing voices: Methodological issues in measuring internal multiplicity. In H. H. Hermans & G. Dimaggio (Eds.), The dialogical self in psychotherapy (pp. 237-254). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Osatuke, K., Humphreys, C. L., Glick, M. J., Graff-Reed, R. L., Mack, L. M., & Stiles, W. B. (2005) Vocal manifestations of internal multiplicity: Mary's voices. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 75, 21-44.

Salvi, L. M., Brinegar, M. G., Gray, M. A., & Stiles, W. B. (submitted). Assimilating the voices of sexual abuse:  An intergenerational study. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Stiles, W. B. (1999). Signs and voices in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 9, 1-21.

Stiles, W. B. (1999). Signs, voices, meaning bridges, and shared experience: How talking helps.  Visiting Scholar Series No. 10 (ISSN 1173-9940). Palmerston North, New Zealand: School of Psychology, Massey University.

Stiles, W. B. (2001). Assimilation of problematic experiences. Psychotherapy, 38, 462-465.

Stiles, W. B. (2002). Assimilation of problematic experiences. In J. C. Norcross (Ed.), Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients (pp. 357-365). New York: Oxford University Press.

Stiles, W. B. (2003). Qualitative research: Evaluating the process and the product. In S. P. Llewelyn & P. Kennedy (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology (pp. 477-499). London: Wiley.

Stiles, W. B. (2005). Case studies. In J. C. Norcross, L. E. Beutler, & R. F. Levant (Eds.), Evidence-based practices in mental health: Debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions (pp. 59-64). Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Stiles, W. B. (2005). Extending the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale: Commentary on the special issue. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 18, 85-93.

Stiles, W. B., & Angus, L. (2001). Qualitative research on clients' assimilation of problematic experiences in psychotherapy. In J. Frommer & D. L. Rennie (Eds), Qualitative psychotherapy research: Methods and methodology (pp. 112-127). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers. Also published in Psychologische Beiträge, 43, 570-585.

Stiles, W. B., Elliott, R., Llewelyn, S. P., Firth‑Cozens, J. A., Margison, F. R., Shapiro, D. A., & Hardy, G. (1990). Assimilation of problematic experiences by clients in psychotherapy.  Psychotherapy, 27, 411-420.

Stiles, W. B., Leiman, M., Shapiro, D. A., Hardy, G. E., Barkham, M., Detert, N., & Llewelyn, S. P. (in press). What does the first exchange tell? Dialogical sequence analysis and assimilation in very brief therapy. Psychotherapy Research.

Stiles, W. B., Meshot, C. M., Anderson, T. M., & Sloan, W. W., Jr. (1992). Assimilation of problematic experiences: The case of John Jones.  Psychotherapy Research, 2, 81-101.

Stiles, W. B., Morrison, L. A., Haw, S. K., Harper, H., Shapiro, D. A., & Firth-Cozens, J. (1991).  Longitudinal study of assimilation in exploratory psychotherapy.  Psychotherapy, 28, 195-206.

Stiles, W. B., & Osatuke, K. (2000). Assimilation analysis. Unpublished manuscript. Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056

Stiles, W. B., Osatuke, K., Glick, M. J., & Mackay, H. C. (2004). Encounters between internal voices generate emotion: An elaboration of the assimilation model. In H. H. Hermans & G. Dimaggio (Eds.), The dialogical self in psychotherapy (pp. 91-107). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Varvin, S., & Stiles, W. B. (1999). Emergence of severe traumatic experiences: An assimilation analysis of psychoanalytic therapy with a political refugee. Psychotherapy Research, 9, 381-404.

 

Dose-Effect Relations and Patient-Focused Research

Barkham, M., Connell, J., Stiles, W. B., Miles, J. N. V., Margison, F., Evans, C., & Mellor-Clark, J. (in press). Dose-effect relations and responsive regulation of treatment duration: The good enough level. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Barkham, M., Rees, A., Stiles, W. B., Hardy, G. E., & Shapiro, D. A. (2002). Dose-effect relations for psychotherapy of mild depression: A quasi-experimental comparison of effects of 2, 8, and 16 sessions. Psychotherapy Research, 12, 263-274.

Barkham, M., Rees, A., Stiles, W. B., Shapiro, D.A., Hardy, G. E., & Reynolds, S. (1996). Dose-effect relations in contrasting psychotherapies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 927-935.

 Hannan, C., Lambert, M. J., Harmon, C., Nielsen, S. L., Smart, D. W., Shimokawa, K., & Sutton, S. W., (2005). A lab test and algorithms for identifying clients at risk for treatment failure Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61,155-163.

Hansen, N. B., Lambert, M. J., & Forman, E. M. (2002).The Psychotherapy Dose-Response Effect and Its Implications for Treatment Delivery Services. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, 329-343. 

Harmon, C., Hawkins, E. J., Lambert, M. J., Slade, K., & Whipple, J. L. (2005). Improving outcomes for poorly responding clients: The use of clinical support tools and feedback to clients Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61,175-185.

Hawkins, E. J., Lambert, M. J., Vermeersch, D. A., Slade, K., & Tuttle, K. ( 2004). The therapeutic effects of providing client progress information to patients and therapists. Psychotherapy Research, 10, 308-327.

Howard, K. I., Kopta, S. M., Krause, M. S., & Orlinsky, D. E. (1986). The dose-effect relationship in psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 41, 159-164.

Howard, K. I., Leuger, R. J., Maling, M. S., & Martinovich, Z. (1993). A phase model of psychotherapy outcome: Causal mediation of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 678-685.

Kopta, S. M., Howard, K. I., Lowry, J. L., & Beutler, L. E. (1994). Patterns of symptomatic recovery in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 1009-1016.

Lambert, M. J. (2005). Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than "placebo effects." Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 855-869.

Lambert, M. J. (2005). Emerging methods for providing clinicians with timely feedback on treatment effectiveness: An introduction. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 141-144.

Lambert, M., Hansen, N. B., & Finch, A. E. (2001). Patient - focused research: Using patient outcome data to enhance treatment effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 159-172.

Lambert, M. J., Harmon, C., Slade, K., Whipple, J. L., & Hawkins, E. J. (2005). Providing feedback to psychotherapists on their patients' progress: Clinical results and practice suggestions. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 165-174.

Lambert, M. J., Whipple, J. L., Bishop, M. .J., Vermeersch, D. A., Gray, G. V., & Finch, A. E. (2002). Comparison of empirically-derived and rationally-derived methods for identifying patients at risk for treatment failure Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 9, 149-164.

Lambert, M.J., Whipple, J. L., Hawkins, E. J., Vermeersch, D. A., Nielsen, S. L., & Smart, D. W. (2003). Is it time for clinicians to routinely track patient outcome? A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 288-301.

Lueger, R. J., Howard, K. I., Martinovich, Z., Lutz, W., Anderson, E., & Grissom, G., (2001). Assessing treatment progress with individualized models of predicted response. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 150–158.

Lutz, W. (2002). Patient-focused psychotherapy research and individual treatment progress as scientific groundwork for an empirical based clinical practice. Psychotherapy Research, 12, 251-273.

Lutz, W., Martinovich, Z., & Howard, K. I. (1999). Patient profiling: An application of random coefficient regression models to depicting the response of a patient to outpatient psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 571-577.

Lutz, W., Rafaeli-Mor, E., Howard, K.I., & Martinovich, Z. (2002). Adaptive modeling of progress in outpatient psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 12, 427-443.

Okiishi, J., Lambert, M. J., Nielsen, S. L., & Ogles, B. M. (2003). Waiting for supershrink: An empirical analysis of therapist effects. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 10, 361-373.

 Whipple, J. L., Lambert, M. J., Vermeersch, D. A., Smart, D. W., Nielsen, S. L., Hawkins, E. J. (2003). Improving the effects of psychotherapy: The use of early identification of treatment failure and problem-solving strategies in routine practice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 59-68.

 

Assessment of Outcome: Measures

Barkham, M., Margison, F., Leach, C., Lucock, M., Mellor-Clark, J., Evans, C., Benson, L., Connell, J., Audin, K. & McGrath, G. (2001). Service profiling and outcomes benchmarking using the CORE-OM: Towards practice-based evidence in the psychological therapies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 184-196.

Barkham M, Gilbert, N., Connell, J., Marshall, C. & Twigg, E. (2005). Suitability and utility of the CORE-OM and CORE-A for assessing severity of presenting problems in psychological therapy services based in primary and secondary care settings. British Journal of Psychiatry, 186, 239-246.

Beck, A.T., Epstein, N., Brown, G. & Steer, R.A. (1988). An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 893-897.

Beck, A.T., Steer, R.A. & Garbin, M.G. (1988). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation. Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 77-100.

Beck, A. T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 4, 561-571.

Endicott, J., Spitzer, R.L., Fleiss, J.L., Cohen, J. (1976). The Global Assessment Scale: Procedure for measuring overall severity of psychiatric disturbance. Archives of General Psychiatry, 33, 766-771.

Evans, C., Connell, J., Barkham, M., Margison, F., Mellor-Clark, J., McGrath, G. & Audin, K. (2002). Towards a standardised brief outcome measure: Psychometric properties and utility of the CORE-OM. British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, 51-60.

Horowitz, L.M., Rosenberg, S.E., Baer, B.A., Ureno, G. & Villasenor, V.S. (1988). Inventory of Interpersonal Problems: Psychometric properties and clinical applications. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 885-892.

Lambert, M. J., Burlingame, G. M., Umphress, V., Hansen, N. B., Vermeersch, D. A., Clouse, G. C., & Yanchar, S. C. (1996). The reliability and validity of the outcome questionnaire. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 3, 249-258.

Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Spitzer, R., Williams, J., Gibbon, M., & First, M. (1995). Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. New York, NY: American Psychiatric Press Inc.

Vermeersch, D. A., Whipple, J. L., Lambert, M. J., Hawkins, E. J., Burchfield, C. M., & Okiishi, J. C. (2004). Outcome Questionnaire: Is it sensitive to changes in counseling center clients? Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 38-49.

 

Sudden Gains

Barkham, M., Stiles, W. B., & Shapiro, D. A. (1993). The shape of change in psychotherapy: Longitudinal assessment of personal problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 667-677.

Gaynor, S. T., Weersing, V. R., Kolko, D. J., Birmaher, B., Heo, J., & Brent, D. A. (2003). The prevalence and impact of large sudden improvements during adolescent therapy for depression: A comparison across cognitive-behavioral, family, and supportive therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 386-393.

Hardy, G. E., Cahill, J., Stiles, W. B., Ispan, C., Macaskill, N., & Barkham, M. (2005). Sudden gains in cognitive therapy for depression: A replication and extension. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 59-67.

Hollon, S. D. (1999). Rapid early response in cognitive behavior therapy: a commentary. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 305-309.

Ilardi, S. S., & Craighead, W. E. (1994). The role of nonspecific factors in cognitive-behavior therapy for depression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1, 138-156.

Ilardi, S. S., & Craighead, W. E. (1999). Rapid early response, cognitive modification, and nonspecific factors in cognitive behavior therapy for depression: a reply to Tang and DeRubeis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 295-299.

Kelly, M. A. R., Roberts, J. E., & Ciesla, J. A. (2005). Sudden gains in cognitive behavioral treatment for depression: when do they occur and do they matter? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 703-714.

Rachman, S. (1999). Rapid and not-so-rapid responses to cognitive behavioral therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 293-294.

Stiles, W.B., Leach, C., Barkham, M., Lucock, M., Iveson, S., Shapiro, D.A., Iveson, M. & Hardy, G.E. (2003). Early sudden gains in psychotherapy under routine clinic conditions: Practice-based evidence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 14-21.

Tang, T. Z., & DeRubeis, R. J. (1999b). Sudden gains and critical sessions in cognitive behavioral therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 894-904.

Tang, T. Z., & DeRubeis, R. J., (1999a). Reconsidering rapid early response in cognitive behavioral therapy for depression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 283-288.

Tang, T. Z., DeRubeis, R. J., Beberman, R., & Pham, T. (2005). Cognitive changes, critical sessions, and sudden gains in cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 168-172.

Vittengl, J. R., Clark, L. A., & Jarrett, R. B. (2005). Validity of sudden gains in acute phase treatment of depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 173-182.

Whisman, M. A. (1999). The importance of the cognitive theory of change in cognitive therapy of depression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 300-304. 

Wilson, G. T. (1999). Rapid response to cognitive behavior therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 289-292.