What's the Best Type of Therapy? Evidence-Based Practice

Is there a best type of therapy? Learn the differences between empirically-supported/evidence-based therapy, and evidence-based practice in psychotherapy. To support my channel, please see the links below 👇 ❤️ Join my channel with the JOIN button next to SUBSCRIBE ☕ Buy Me A Coffee https://ko-fi.com/selfhelptoons 💚 PayPal https://paypal.me/selfhelptoons 🙏 Become A Patron https://www.patreon.com/SelfHelpToons 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@selfhelptoons 👉 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/selfhelptoons/ 👉 Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/selfhelptoons.bsky.social References: 🔗American Psychological Association Research Evidence for Psychological Treatments: https://div12.org/psychological-treatments/ 🔗American Psychological Association Policy Statement on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology: https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/evidence-based-statement 📖Brown J. Specific Techniques Vs. Common Factors? Psychotherapy Integration and its Role in Ethical Practice. Am J Psychother. 2015;69(3):301-16. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2015.69.3.301 📖Budd R, Hughes I. The Dodo Bird Verdict--controversial, inevitable and important: a commentary on 30 years of meta-analyses. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):510-22. doi: 10.1002/cpp.648 📖 Cook, J. M., Biyanova, T., Elhai, J., Schnurr, P. P., & Coyne, J. C. (2010). What do psychotherapists really do in practice? An Internet study of over 2,000 practitioners. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 47(2), 260–267. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019788 📖Cuijpers P, Driessen E, Hollon SD, van Oppen P, Barth J, Andersson G. The efficacy of non-directive supportive therapy for adult depression: a meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev. 2012 Jun;32(4):280-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.01.003 📖Laska, K. M., Gurman, A. S., & Wampold, B. E. (2014). Expanding the lens of evidence-based practice in psychotherapy: A common factors perspective. Psychotherapy, 51(4), 467–481. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034332 📖McAleavey, Andrew A; Castonguay, Louis G (2015). "The process of change in psychotherapy: common and unique factors". In Gelo, Omar CG; Pritz, Alfred; Rieken, Bernd (eds.). Psychotherapy research: foundations, process, and outcome. New York: Springer. pp. 293–310. doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1382-0_15 📖Mulder R, Murray G, Rucklidge J. Common versus specific factors in psychotherapy: opening the black box. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Dec;4(12):953-962. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30100-1 📖Norcross, J. C., Pfund, R. A., & Prochaska, J. O. (2013). Psychotherapy in 2022: A Delphi poll on its future. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 44(5), 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034633 Credits: Cartoon People by VectorToons (https://vectortoons.com/) CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons Doctor with Patient by Videoplasty.com CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) via Wikimedia Commons ㅤ About the Creator: Created by a Registered Psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and over 25 years of experience in child, adolescent and adult mental health. These videos make evidence-based, empirically supported psychological concepts accessible through animation.