Bridging Practice & Research
Delve into the intersection of research and practice, where theory meets application. This section highlights how empirical research can inform clinical practice and how practical experiences can shape future research directions.
182 articles found
The Historical Mental Health Effects of Viral Infections: Implications for COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the response efforts created an omnipresent effect of COVID-19 to individuals in the United States and globally in 2020. This literature review was written in 2021, one year after the outbreak, and recent studies have reported that the COVID-19 pandemic was an event that elicited behavioral, emotional, and psychological turmoil […]
Sheela Joshi, PsyD
January 1, 2024
Making Mental Health More Accessible
Mental health is a global concern with profound societal and individual implications. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression affects over 264 million people worldwide, making it the leading cause of disability. Anxiety disorders aren’t far behind. To tackle this growing crisis, we need to highlight the role of consulting psychology in improving mental […]
Shaakira Haywood Stewart, PhD
November 22, 2023
The Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Practice Research Network
History teaches us that some professions have not survived the test of time as well as the profession of psychology. One example of a failed discipline is the antique science of phrenology, the study of skull protuberances. Phrenology posited that skull characteristics reveal a person’s character and mental capacity. The reader may not be aware […]
Stephen A Ragusea, PsyD, ABPP
November 22, 2023
Psychotherapy Practice over the Lifespan
As members of the Professional Practice Committee of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, we are tasked with meeting the needs of private practitioners. In our monthly meetings, we noted how the needs and experiences of practitioners change as one matures into the role of a psychotherapist. Since our committee has a diverse combination […]
Genée D. Jackson, PhD + 3 more
November 22, 2023
When is Quantitative Evidence Actually Useful for Day-to-Day Psychotherapy Practice? Why Unsystematic Qualitative Evidence Reigns Supreme
In this article, I will argue that quantitative evidence is not very useful to the practicing psychotherapist and instead most day-to-day clinical decisions are based on unsystematic qualitative evidence. I imagine this argument will be obvious to some in clinical practice and considered blasphemy against clinical science for others. It is a realization I have […]
David Disabato, Ph.D.
October 27, 2023
Psychoanalysis as Evolution
In this time of crisis where people feel isolated in an interconnected world, the mind is brushing from an “electrified tightrope” to take Eigen’s word (Eigen, 2004). Mind in the line of fire reflects the breaking of links. In “attacks on linking” lies the pathology of limiting relationships between two objects (Bion, 1959, p. 308). […]
Vineet Gairola
October 27, 2023
“I’ve seen it rainin’ in the sky”
Advocating for Youth Mental Health Research and Stronger Protections for Children on Social Media Alix Ginsberg, Senior Director of APA Congressional & Federal Relations – “On June 15th nearly 60 APA member psychologists participated in 150 meetings with their Members of Congress on Capitol Hill to advocate for youth mental health research and stronger protections […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
October 27, 2023
Using Microprocess Methods to Study Client and Therapist Perceptions of Working Alliance Ruptures and Repairs
Decades of research show that the working alliance, or the degree of agreement between a client and therapist on the goals and tasks of therapy and the quality of their affective bond (Bordin, 1979), is positively associated with clinical outcomes (Fluckiger et al., 2018). However, there are sometimes ruptures in the working alliance, or instances […]
Wilson T. Trusty, Ph.D
October 27, 2023
Loving Others Loving Others
When I wrote about extra-relationship affairs years ago, I didn’t have a lot of experience treating couples who were struggling with an affair. The written work was more journalistic than clinical, but it made quite a splash in the media as sex frequently does, especially if it touches a nerve, as infidelity is bound to […]
Joel Block, Ph.D., ABPP
October 8, 2023
谢谢你，没有逼我热爱生活
心理治疗的成功在很大程度上依赖于关系技能，自杀患者的治疗也不例外(Norcross & Lambert, 2018)。然而一个并不理想的情况是，很多自杀患者报告说，他们的治疗师并没有总是表现出那些基本的关系品质(例如, Blanchard & Farber, 2020; Hom et al., 2020; Hom et al., 2021; Richards et al., 2019a; Richards et al., 2019b)。 自杀患者关于心理治疗中什么帮助了他们，或什么没有帮助到他们的报告，对心理治疗训练者和督导师而言或许是一种帮助，让他们在自己的工作中补充对证据支持的关系的介绍。 针对自杀患者的质性研究表明，他们希望心理治疗师能够：(1)不加评判地倾听他们；(2)对他们的表露做出适当的反应；(3)允许他们对治疗期间发生的事情保有发言权。 倾听我 心理治疗的一项基本技能是对患者表达共情的能力(Norcross & Lambert, 2018)。当被问到他们的治疗师可以如何提高服务质量时，近三分之一有自杀倾向的患者指出了倾听的重要性(Hom et al., 2021)。他们希望治疗师： “积极倾听患者所说的话” “当我们正在尝试回答你们的问题时，不要打断” “倾听他们(患者)的体验，并相信他们知道自身的感受，知道他们需要什么来好好生活” 当被问到心理治疗中的什么对他们有帮助时，自杀患者同样强调了倾听与理解(Schembari et al., 2016, p. 220)： “被倾听，被认真对待的感觉” “正是有个人理解我的感受有多糟糕” 适度的反应 许多患者报告说，对于他们的表露，治疗师要么反应过度，要么反应不足。 一些专业人员在没有考虑患者的意见，或彻底评估情况的前提下，就断定他们需要住院(Richards et al., 2019b)： “我总是遇到一个问题，就是一旦事情开始变得困难，他们就立即建议我去精神病院” “就好像是……(医院是)他们的首选，而它本应该是最后的选择”。 […]
Samuel Knapp, Ed.D., ABPP + 3 more
September 6, 2023
Value as a construct for comparing psychotherapy with digital therapeutics
Introduction Estimating the value of medical and behavioral services has received an increasing amount of attention in recent decades (Happell, 2008; Rocco, 2019; Porter & Teisberg, 2004; Porter & Teisberg, 2006; Porter, 2010, Teisberg et al., 2020). Porter and Teisberg (2006) compared methods for evaluating value in their book Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition […]
S. (Jeb) Brown, Ph.D. + 2 more
July 9, 2023
Contingency Management for Stimulant Addiction: The Most Effective, Evidence-Based Treatment You’ve Never Used
America’s drug overdose crisis is one of the greatest public health concerns of our time with significant loss of life and economic burden. Over 109,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2022 (Ahmad, Rossen, & Sutton, 2023)—roughly one-third of which were attributed to stimulants—and the estimated annual stimulant-related cost to U.S. hospitals alone (emergency […]
Steven L. Proctor, Ph.D. + 1 more
July 9, 2023