Therapist Effects on Attrition in Psychotherapy Outpatients [Paperback]

Dirk Zimmermann illustrates that some therapists significantly differ concerning their average dropout rates. He points out that initial impairment is a strong predictor of early termination. Different dropout criteria as well as various explaining variables on patient and on therapist level were assessed. Premature treatment termination is a common phenomenon in psychotherapy with mean dropout rates of about 20%. Therapist effects account for 3%4% of the variation in dropout.Brief Symptom Inventory .- Therapist Effects.- Common Phenomenon in Psychotherapy.- Multilevel Logistic Regression.- Assessment for Signal Clients (ASC).Dirk Zimmermann studied psychology in Osnabr?ck (Germany), Bergen (Norway) and Trier (Germany). He works as a research associate at the department of clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the University of Trier since 2014. In addition he is a psychological psychotherapist in training.

Dirk Zimmermann illustrates that some therapists significantly differ concerning their average dropout rates. He points out that initial impairment is a strong predictor of early termination. Different dropout criteria as well as various explaining variables on patient and on therapist level were assessed. Premature treatment termination is a common phenomenon in psychotherapy with mean dropout rates of about 20%. Therapist effects account for 3%4% of the variation in dropout.

?Contents

• Brief Symptom Inventory
• Therapist Effects
• Common Phenomenon in Psychotherapy
• Multilevel Logistic Regression
• Assessment for Signal Clients (ASC)?

Target Groups

• Researchers and students of clinical psychology and psychotherapy
• Teachers and practitioners in psychotherapy and supervision