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PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS

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8 women who were interviewed to determine whether they were appropriate and<br />

motivated for brief therapy; all 8 women had valid profiles on the MMPI and elevated<br />

scores on the scales of Depression and Psychasthenia. The primary diagnoses as judged<br />

by the researchers based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders<br />

(American Psychiatric Association, 1981; DSM-III) were dysthymic (n = 5), generalized-<br />

anxiety (n = 2), and cyclothymic (n = 1) disorders. Judges for the therapist response<br />

modes were 9 undergraduates (6 women, 3 men). Counselors conducted 12 to 20<br />

counseling sessions (about 50 minutes per session) with their assigned clients. All<br />

sessions were videotaped. After each session, clients and counselors watched the<br />

videotape of the session. Both clients and counselors rated the helpfulness of each<br />

therapist speaking turn on a 9-point scale (Helpfulness scale; Elliott, 1985; Elliott,<br />

Barker, Caskey, & Pistrang, 1982). Clients also rated their reactions from the Client<br />

Reactions System (Hill et al., 1988), whereas counselors indicated up to five intentions<br />

for each speaking turn (Therapist Intentions List; Hill & O’Grady, 1985), and observers<br />

rated the peak client experiencing level on a 7-point scale (Client Experiencing scale;<br />

Klein, Mathieu, Gendlin, & Kiesler, 1970; Klein, Mathieu-Coughlan, & Kiesler, 1986).<br />

Results indicated that response modes were significantly related [Pillai’s F(24, 48780) =<br />

23.46, p < .001] to the three immediate outcome measures. Self-disclosure,<br />

interpretation, approval, and paraphrase were the most helpful response modes. The<br />

amount of unique variance accounted for by response modes was about 1%, which is<br />

substantial considering that frequently more than one type of response mode was used per<br />

counselor speaking turn, that other process variables that interact with response modes<br />

(such as counselor intentions, counselor nonverbal behaviors, etc.) were not considered,<br />

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