PSYC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Relationship Counseling, Doctor Of Psychology, Therapeutic Relationship
31 Mar 2016
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Families enter therapy for many reasons, sometimes to help particular members and other times because there are problems in one or more of the relationships in the family. Couples therapy is when a married, cohabitating or dating couple are seen together in therapy to work on problems usually arising within the relationship. There are different measures of the value and effectiveness of psychotherapy: Whether there has been an observable, measured change in initial symptoms. Regression to the mean, drifting from initial crisis back to an average state. The client"s motivation to appear better in order to please the therapist or to justify the cost of therapy. To track the effectiveness of an intervention, use a control group not receiving the intervention, or even a placebo group. To measure effectiveness, use objective, observable measures of symptoms rather than relying on client or therapist perceptions.
