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I D Turkat

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PubMed1987

Invited case transcript. The initial clinical hypothesis.

The interviewing skills of many behavior therapists are inadequate and several reasons are noted for this. The present manuscript focuses on construction and use of an initial clinical hypothesis. A strategy for generating the initial hypothesis is discussed and illustrated by means of transcripts from an initial interview with a complex clinical case. A method for teaching skills in initial clinical hypothesis generation is presented as well.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Prediction versus reflection in therapist demonstrations of understanding: a replication with clinical cases.

Previous analogue research with college students shows that therapists who make accurate predictions of their patient's behaviour are judged as more demonstrative of understanding their patient's problems than therapists who make reflections or request further information. The present study replicated this research and extended it by using psychotherapy out-patients as subjects. Similar findings were obtained. Further, therapists who employed accurate predictions were judged as more likely to mediate successful therapeutic outcomes.

Communication↗