David Green

• University of Leeds

The practice-based evidence movement has become increasingly influential in the practice of counselling. One element of this approach is the recommendation that therapists regularly administer standardised or nomothetic measures to track the progress made by their clients. When this feedback indicates that therapy is off course (i.e. out of kilter...

BACKGOUND This document was prepared as part of an ongoing project to establish a practice research network for clinical psychology trainees at the University of Leeds. The purpose was to argue for a 'mixed economy' for clinical measurement and in particular to outline the differences and parallels between standardised and idiographic measures. Get...

IntroductionGuidelines and Evidence-Based PracticeSaul Rosenzweig, Dodos and Common FactorsAfter Rosenzweig: Does Therapy Actually Work?A Well-conducted Study: The Randomised Controlled TrialGene Glass and Meta-analysisSo Psychotherapy Works–Are Therapies Equivalent?Meta-analysis for Particular ConditionsThe Big Psychotherapy TrialsOther Sources of...

IntroductionTrials and PsychotherapyRead the Therapy ManualRCTs and the Little Black BoxTherapist Versus TherapyAcademia Versus PracticeConcluding ThoughtsReferences

IntroductionIs it What You Do or the Way That You Do it?What's Happening?What's Next?Improving PracticeAnd Finally…References

IntroductionExploring Change in a Single CaseExploring Change in a Number of CasesWhat has Practice-based Evidence Ever Done for Me?Practice research networksReferences

IntroductionClinical SupervisionSupervisory ModelsImproving Supervision OutcomesAn Empirical StudyWhat's Sauce for the Goose…The Leeds Alliance in Supervision ScaleThen Maybe…Brave New World?ReferencesThe Leeds Alliance in Supervision Scale

IntroductionWhen it Went According to Plan…When it Just Wasn't Working…Sticking With ItA Psychotic BreakdownAnother Brick in the Wall?Afterthoughts…References

IntroductionOutcome PredictorsDropout in PsychotherapyThe Service-user MovementClient PreferencesShared Decision MakingSo What?What Works for Whom RevisitedConclusion References

IntroductionFeedback in Therapy: Do We Need It?Feedback in Therapy: Lambert's WorkFeedback in Therapy: PCOMS ResearchFeedback in Therapy: Other ResearchFeedback in Therapy: Other PerspectivesFeedback in Therapy: Meta-analyses and ConsensusOverviewConclusions References

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Kelly chose to write his Psychology of Personal Constructs (1955) at a deliberately high level of abstraction. Hence his theory is replete with implications for therapeutic practice but decidedly short on ‘how to do it’ instructions. This article uses a series of clinical examples to demonstrate how the principles of personal construct theory can b...

Intensive treatment regimes that are known to have a potential risk of infertility sometimes have to be given to boys who have aggressive malignant disease. Long‐term care must therefore include further discussion of these patients' impaired fertility. This study describes the results of a series of semi‐structured interviews with 15 young male can...

Although clinical supervision plays a major part in the professional training of clinical psychologists, there are as yet no agreed guidelines for preparing supervisors for this key educational role. This article uses the Delphi approach to see whether an expert panel of UK clinical psychologists could come to a consensus on what the most suitable...

This book takes as its main theme that of personal construct theory, which encourages the importance of inviting individuals themselves to express their viewpoint, and by so doing the professional gains an understanding of their unique perspective. Through case examples the theory is applied in ways which allow the reader to grasp new and creativ...

Kelly's Personal Construct Theory has had an enduring impact on clinical psychology within the UK and beyond. However for those seeking to apply his ideas to therapeutic work with young people there exists little in the way of systematic description and evaluation of Kellian interventions. Fixed-role Therapy, in which an individually tailored part...

At a recent British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy (B.A.B.P.) conference* concerned with social skills training for adolescents, several speakers from both clinical and academic backgrounds pointed to the limitations of a purely behavioural approach to educating young people encountering difficulties in interpersonal relationships. More...

In this case report Paul, a 15-year-old boy who displayed a number of obsessional checking rituals, was treated, using a systematic behaviour therapy package involving autogenic training, satiation and response prevention procedures. Self-report and observations measures were used to monitor both the frequency of Paul's ritualistic behaviour and al...