David Green & Gary Latchford 
Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy 
A Practice-based Evidence Approach

Maximising the Benefits of Psychotherapy critiques
Evidence-Based Practice and describes other approaches to improving
the effectiveness of therapy, such as Practice-Based Evidence and
the use of client feedback. The authors include a summary of key
research findings and an accessible guide to applying these ideas
to therapeutic practice.

* Puts forward a critique of existing research claiming that
certain psychotherapy programmes are more effective than others in
treating specific disorders

* Includes an accessible summary of key research findings, a
practical introduction to a practice-based evidence approach, and a
series of detailed case studies

* Offers a timely alternative to the prevailing wisdom in the
mental health field by challenging the practical logic of the
Evidence-Based Practice approach

* Reviews the empirical evidence examining the effects of client
feedback on psychotherapy outcomes

Inhoudsopgave

List of Figures vii

About the Authors ix

Acknowledgements xi

1 The Equivalence of Psychotherapies 1

2 Research Into Psychotherapy: What Works and How? 23

3 The Conventional Wisdom 45

4 The Real Experimenter 67

5 Practice-based Evidence 87

6 Using Client Feedback in Psychotherapy – The Research
109

7 Using Client Feedback in Psychotherapy – In Practice
129

8 Ideas in Action 151

9 Transforming Training and Supervision 171

10 Conclusions and Some Recommendations 195

Subject Index 211

Over de auteur

David Green is a clinical psychologist who has worked
therapeutically for more than 30 years with young people and their
families. From 1988 to 2010 he was Clinical Director of the Doctor
of Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Leeds. He has
been particularly interested in the role clinical supervision plays
in the education of healthcare professionals.



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Gary Latchford is a clinical psychologist working in
physical health, based at the department of Clinical and Health
Psychology at St James?s Hospital in Leeds. Since 1996 he has also
been research director for the Doctor of Clinical Psychology
programme at the University of Leeds. His clinical and
research interests are mostly around psychological interventions in
medical settings, and he has published several papers and book
chapters on this topic.