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Comparing the process in psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapies.
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Archival records were used to compare the therapy process in 30 brief psychodynamic and 32 cognitive-behavioral therapies. Verbatim transcripts of 186 treatment sessions were rated with the Psychotherapy Process Q-set, designed to provide a standard language for the description of process. Results demonstrated that although some features were common to both treatments, there were important differences. Cognitive-behavioral therapy promoted control of negative affect through the use of intellect and rationality combined with vigorous encouragement, support, and reassurance from therapists. In psychodynamic psychotherapies, there was an emphasis on the evocation of affect, on bringing troublesome feelings into awareness, and on integrating current difficulties with previous life experience, using the therapist-patient relationship as a change agent. The clinical theoretical precepts underlying psychodynamic treatments received considerable support. In cognitive-behavioral therapies, there was evidence for the importance of developmental, as opposed to rationalist, intervention strategies for treatment outcome.
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INTEGRATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: AN EVOLVING REALITY IN PERSONALITY DISORDER
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“…et al., 1988), track the treatment process over time (Jones, Parke, & Pulos, 1992), compare the therapy process in different types of treatments (Jones & Pulos, 1993), associate specific techniques with outcome (Price & Jones, 1998), and study the adherence of different treatments to their…”
MethodA study of silent disengagement and distressing emotion in psychotherapy
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“…evoking emotions and troublesome feelings were associated with positive outcomes for both interpersonal and cognitive behavioral treatments (Jones & Pulos, 1993), and a replication of the Sheffield Psychotherapy Project examining client emotional arousal patterns across cognitive…”
BackgroundBanon, E., Perry, J. C., Semeniuk, T., Bond, M., de Roten, Y., Hersoug, A. G., & Despland, J.-N. (2013) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2012.745955 · Cited by 27
“…Process Scale (CPPS; Hilsenroth, Blagys, Ackerman, Bonge, & Blais, 2005), the Psychotherapy Process Q Set (PQS; Ablon & Jones 2005; Jones, 2000; Jones & Pulos, 1993), the Interpretive and Supportive Technique Scale Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Elisabeth Banon,…”
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“The PQS has shown good interrater reliability (Jones, 2000 ; Jones, Cumming, & Horowitz, 1988; Jones & Pulos, 1993 ), construct validity (Jones et al, 1988 ), and discriminant validity (Jones & Pulos, 1993 ) in prior research.”
BackgroundSystematic Review of In-Session Affect Experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
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“For example, Negative Patient Affect (Jones and Pulos 1993) collapsed observations of anger, sadness (expressive affects) and anxiety, guilt, shame and pain (inhibitory affects, see McCullough et al.”
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“Several process studies—some of them described above— have indeed demonstrated the relationship between outcome and CBT emphasis on emotional, developmental, and interpersonal dimension of functioning (e.g., Castonguay et al., 1996; Hayes et al., 1996; Jones & Pulos, 1993 ).”
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Backgroundthat W as T hen , T his I s N ow : P sychoanalytic P sychotherapy F or T he R est O f U s
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BackgroundThe Contributions of the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set to Psychotherapy Research
Smith-Hansen, L., Levy, R. A., Seybert, C., et al. (2011) · Humana Press eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-60761-792-1_23 · Cited by 21
Leichsenring, F., Ablon, S., Barber, J. P., Beutel, M., Gibbons, M. B. C., Crits-Christoph, P., Klein, S., Leweke, F., Steinert, C., Wiltink, J., et al. (2016) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2015.1051160 · Cited by 20
“For psychodynamic psychotherapy results are heterogeneous as well (Ablon & Jones, 1998; Ablon et al., 2006; Jones & Pulos, 1993).”
BackgroundMultimodal affect analysis of psychodynamic play therapy
Halfon, S., Doyran, M., Türkmen, B., Oktay, E., & Salah, A. A. (2020) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2020.1839141 · Cited by 21
“In adult psychodynamic treatments, bringing troublesome feelings to awareness, and facilitating expression of the patient ’ s negative affect are associated with good outcome (Ablon et al., 2006; Jones & Pulos, 1993).”
Therapist and client processes affecting assimilation and outcome in brief psychotherapy
Rudkin, A., Llewelyn, S. P., Hardy, G. E., Stiles, W. B., & Barkham, M. (2007) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503300701216298 · Cited by 19
“Reviews of process studies have suggested that a strong alliance and client participation are two likely candidates across all treatment approaches (Ablon & Jones, 1999 ; Jones & Pulos, 1993 ; Llewelyn & Hardy, 2001 ; Norcross, 2002 ).”
BackgroundCalderón, A., Schneider, C., Target, M., Midgley, N., Goodyer, I. M., Reynolds, S. A., Barrett, B. M., Byford, S., Dubicka, B., Hill, J., et al. (2018) · Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/1359104518807734 · Cited by 18
Psychoanalysis and Research: Some Reflections and Opinions
McWilliams, N. (2013) · The Psychoanalytic Review · doi:10.1521/prev.2013.100.6.919 · Cited by 19
Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., & Yeomans, F. E. (2011) · Humana Press eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-60761-792-1_8 · Cited by 20
“Psychotherapy sessions can be video or audio taped without disrupting the treatment [ 26, 98, 116 ] .”
BackgroundGoodman, G., Edwards, K., & Chung, H. (2013) · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · doi:10.1002/cpp.1875 · Cited by 17
Bychkova, T., Hillman, S., Midgley, N., & Schneider, C. (2011) · Journal of Child Psychotherapy · doi:10.1080/0075417x.2011.614754 · Cited by 17
“…reliability of the PQS has shown to be high: a¼ 0.83 to 0.89 for two raters and a¼ 0.89 to 0.92 for three to ten raters (Jones et al., 1988; Jones and Windholz, 1990) with average item reliability a¼ 0.82 (Jones et al., 1992) and satisfactory differential validity (e.g. Jones and Pulos, 1993).”
BackgroundInfluentialWhen the Goals of Therapists and Patients Clash
Drapeau, M., Körner, A., & Brunet, L. (2004) · Journal of Offender Rehabilitation · doi:10.1300/j076v38n03_05 · Cited by 15
Castonguay, L. G., Reid, J. J., Halperin, G. S., & Goldfried, M. R. (2003) · Handbook of Psychology · doi:10.1002/0471264385.wei0813 · Cited by 19
Potential Role of Nonverbal Synchrony in Psychotherapy: A Meta‐Analysis
Gregorini, C., Carli, P. D., Parolin, L. A. L., Tschacher, W., & Preti, E. (2025) · Counselling and Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1002/capr.12885 · Cited by 24
“Based on differences in the therapeutic process of different psychotherapeutic approaches (Jones and Pulos 1993), we grouped the studies into those that conducted CBT versus PDT or other types of approaches, which were labelled as ‘others’.”
A fuzzy set theory based computational model to represent the quality of inter-rater agreement
Ciavolino, E., Salvatore, S., & Calcagnì, A. (2013) · Quality & Quantity · doi:10.1007/s11135-013-9888-3 · Cited by 15
“Several studies have highlighted both the reliability and validity of the PQS method (Ablon and Jones 1999; Jones and Pulos 1993).”
Backgroundde Haan, K. B., & Lee, C. W. (2013) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2013.861092 · Cited by 15
“Jones and Pulos (1993) conducted a direct comparison on the Q-sort items for CBT and PDT therapy sessions.”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialHalfon, S., Goodman, G., & Ozer, P. B. (2018) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2018.1519267 · Cited by 15
“Adult psychodynamic psychotherapy research using the PQS found that processes aimed at bringing troublesome feelings to awareness, and facilitating expression of the patient’s negative affect were all characteristic of psychodynamic treatments (Ablon, Levy, & Katzenstein, 2006; Jones & Pulos, 1993).”
BackgroundMethodLarsson, B. P. M., Kaldo, V., & Broberg, A. G. (2010) · Cognitive Behaviour Therapy · doi:10.1080/16506073.2010.486409 · Cited by 15
“Other questionnaires are the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set (Ablon & Jones, 1998; Jones & Pulos, 1993) and the Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS; Hilsenroth, Blagys, Ackerman, Bonge, & Blais, 2005).”
MethodPsychotherapy for PTSD in the community: reported prototypical treatments
Schottenbauer, M. A., Arnkoff, D. B., Glass, C. R., & Gray, S. H. (2006) · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · doi:10.1002/cpp.480 · Cited by 15
Hansen, N. E., & Freimuth, M. (1997) · The Counseling Psychologist · doi:10.1177/0011000097254008 · Cited by 15
Metadata
- Authors
- Jones, E. E., & Pulos, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 1993
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 306-316
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2011642517
- Cited by
- 301
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh038348-06)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH 38348)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, therapeutic process, Psychotherapy Process Q-Set, brief psychotherapy, emotional awareness, therapeutic relationship
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Psychotherapy, Brief, Q-Sort, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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