It very much seems, from work cited on ICCE that different therapies have largely the same "effect size" -- therapeutic benefit, regardless of what some say about some therapies -- not all will benefit from some therapies that will benefit other people. What seems to be key to the success of all is the quality of the therapy relationship -- different therapies may permit different "styles" of relationship. An opportunity now exists for people to explore the bases and methods used in a variety of different therapies by "attending" a "Treating Trauma Without Drama Tele-summit" Check it out here
Doesn't everyone call themselves an "expert"?! -- considering I've got THOUSANDS of citations relating to trauma, gathered into one library over more than the last 10 years, none of these strike me as an expert, at least if one considers an expert to be one who has published extensively. Unfortunately, there continues to be a great paucity of articles related to the evaluation of approaches to treat trauma -- a study very clearly showing the paucity of such research, and the poor quality of those studies that have been done is the recent article by Ellis et al DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2017.1329771 These researchers conclude: More research is needed on the roles of client feedback, managing countertransference, and other therapist characteristics on treatment outcome with trauma survivors. Understanding the role of Evidence-Based Relationships in the treatment of trauma survivors may assist researchers, clinicians, and psychotherapy educators to improve therapist training as well as client engagement and retention in treatment.
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