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Reviewing 25 Years of Professional Practice: Homework Assignments and Length of Therapy
Ist Teil von
The American journal of family therapy, 2005-01, Vol.33 (1), p.19-31
Ort / Verlag
Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Quelle
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This exploratory review of 25 years of part-time professional practice with individuals, couples, and families, evaluated the number of face-to-face psychotherapy sessions with and without written homework assignments. Contrary to predictions from the literature, administration of a workbook lengthened significantly the number of face-to-face psychotherapy sessions for all groups. The exploratory nature of this review and its inability to deal with a host of uncontrolled variables made it impossible to deal with the issue of effectiveness. These results, nonetheless, raise questions about the claimed cost-effectiveness of written homework assignments. Future research will need to concentrate on variables that could not be controlled in this review.