Beyond "ESTs": Problematic assumptions in the pursuit of evidence-based practice

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-272

  Wachtel, Paul L ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirically Supported Treatments; ESTs; Evidence Based Practice; Psychotherapy Outcome; Psychotherapy Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 77955724157     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020532     Document Type: Article

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