Research on experiential psychotherapies
Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)Published 1 January 2004
Robert Elliott, Leslie S. Greenberg, Germain Lietaer
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Abstract
Reviews research on experiential or humanistic psychotherapies, including meta-analysis of outcome research and studies of particular change processes. Outcome meta-analysis shows large client pre-post change, as well as large controlled effects relative to untreated controls and statistical equivalence to nonexperiential psychotherapies, including CBT.
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