When ‘good outcome’ does not correspond to ‘good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients’ therapy satisfaction
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- Melissa De Smet (UGent) , Camilla Von below, Emma Acke (UGent) , Andrzej Werbart, Reitske Meganck (UGent) and Mattias Desmet (UGent)
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- In the present paper we examine four cases in which the assumption that "good outcome" necessarily means "good therapy" did not hold. Cases were selected that reported good pre-post outcome (i.e., clinically reliable decrease in symptom severity) but a negative (disappointing) therapy experience, drawn from a randomized controlled trial (the Ghent Psychotherapy Study) and a naturalistic outcome study (the Stockholm Young Adults Psychotherapy Project). Analysis of these seemingly contrasting findings made it possible to identify three distinct patterns of client experience of outcome. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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- Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, outcome, patient experiences, psychotherapy, therapy effect, PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY, PRIVATE THEORIES, PATIENTS VIEW, YOUNG-ADULTS, AGENCY, EXPERIENCES, FAILURE, MODEL
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8715603
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- De Smet, Melissa, et al. “When ‘good Outcome’ Does Not Correspond to ‘Good Therapy’ : Reflections on Discrepancies between Outcome Scores and Patients’ Therapy Satisfaction.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING, vol. 23, no. 2, 2021, pp. 156–76, doi:10.1080/13642537.2021.1923049.
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- De Smet, M., Von below, C., Acke, E., Werbart, A., Meganck, R., & Desmet, M. (2021). When “good outcome” does not correspond to “good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients” therapy satisfaction. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING, 23(2), 156–176. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2021.1923049
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- De Smet, Melissa, Camilla Von below, Emma Acke, Andrzej Werbart, Reitske Meganck, and Mattias Desmet. 2021. “When ‘good Outcome’ Does Not Correspond to ‘Good Therapy’ : Reflections on Discrepancies between Outcome Scores and Patients’ Therapy Satisfaction.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING 23 (2): 156–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2021.1923049.
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- De Smet, Melissa, Camilla Von below, Emma Acke, Andrzej Werbart, Reitske Meganck, and Mattias Desmet. 2021. “When ‘good Outcome’ Does Not Correspond to ‘Good Therapy’ : Reflections on Discrepancies between Outcome Scores and Patients’ Therapy Satisfaction.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING 23 (2): 156–176. doi:10.1080/13642537.2021.1923049.
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- 1.De Smet M, Von below C, Acke E, Werbart A, Meganck R, Desmet M. When “good outcome” does not correspond to “good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients” therapy satisfaction. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING. 2021;23(2):156–76.
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- [1]M. De Smet, C. Von below, E. Acke, A. Werbart, R. Meganck, and M. Desmet, “When ‘good outcome’ does not correspond to ‘good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients’ therapy satisfaction,” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 156–176, 2021.
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language = {{eng}},
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title = {{When ‘good outcome’ does not correspond to ‘good therapy’ : reflections on discrepancies between outcome scores and patients’ therapy satisfaction}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2021.1923049}},
volume = {{23}},
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