On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Don Allen wrote:
> Stephen-
>
> Not quite double blind, but very very close. You would also have to
> ensure that the therapists were equally convinced of the effectiveness of
> their treatments otherwise differential experimenter enthusiasm could
> affect the Ss responses. That quibble aside, I agree that it would be a
> good test of cognitive (or any other) therapy.
I still see problems, if the cognitive-behavioral therapists and the
psychodynamic/humanistic ones were *different* people. Hmmmm.... matching
C-B and P-H therapists on relevant demographic and interpersonal
variables... what would those variables be? And would matching even be
possible?
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"The Accidental Jewess"
Bentley College, Waltham, MA
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