Research Paper on:
Psychotherapy Outcomes

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centrally involved in developing the empirical evaluation of psychotherapy" (VandenBos, 1996; p. 1005). In truth, the outcomes of psychotherapy are incredibly important for a number of reasons. For example, without  an adequate understanding of the general outcome of any particular treatment and approach to treatment sufficient answers to the effectiveness of psychotherapy cannot truly be understood. Psychotherapy is, it  should be noted, a very diverse and complex form of science. It is often looked at in a manner which incorporates one or two categories of scientific research, though sometimes  we find that several categories of interest are lumped together in research. In short, there is really no set form of research nor is there one set method of understanding  the outcomes of psychotherapy. Bearing this in mind we present the following paper which offers an literature review of three separate journal articles that address the subject of psychotherapy today  and psychotherapy in the future. Following the literature review we provide a brief discussion of what seems to be the most important issue, or most important pursuit, as it relates  to the outcomes of psychotherapy. Literature Review As we noted previously, in the words of VandenBos (1996), "assessment of the outcomes of psychotherapy has been a well-researched and  well-debated topic" (p. 1005). This would clearly indicate that there is a great deal of argument in the field of psychotherapy. This would also indicate that there is no set  standard for assessing the outcome of psychotherapy. We can see how this would prove to be a very important fact, for without proper assessment of outcomes of psychotherapy one cannot  understand the effectiveness of psychotherapy in many different regards. VandenBos (1996) further argues the following in presenting us with an understand of one particular perceptive: "Psychological research, at the generic