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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2009. Vol. 17, no. 1, 30–63
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Academic research of therapy process and efficient: history and main topics

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O.D. Pugovkina, I.V. Nikitina, A.B. Kholmogorova, N.G. Garanyan

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Abstract

The historical review of the researches on efficiency of psychotherapy is analysed. Two approaches to a periodization of these researchers are consi-dered: Kalmykovoj E.S., H.Kehele (2000), and Russell R.L., Orlinsky D.E. (1996). The most known researches are systematized according to the stages by Russell R.L., Orlinsky D.E. They are: the period of formation of a field of scientific researches (1927-1954); the period of search of a scientific support (1955 – 1969); the period of expansion of a field of researches and strengthening of their purposeful organization (1970 – 1983); and the period of consolidation of methodology of researches and reformulation of former conclusions (1984 – present). For each of these stages development of research methodology is described and the examples of concrete re-searches for each of strategy are given. The critical analysis of methodology of each stage is carried out. It is shown that the basic research questions are far from the definitive solutions.

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Keywords: psychotherapy, psychotherapy efficiency, therapy efficiency factors, research methodologies in psychotherapy efficiency studies

Journal rubric: Theory and Methodology

For citation: Pugovkina O.D., Nikitina I.V., Kholmogorova A.B., Garanyan N.G. Academic research of therapy process and efficient: history and main topics. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2009. Vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 30–63. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Olga D. Pugovkina, PhD in Psychology, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Senior Research Associate, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Counseling, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry — Branch of The Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-9843, e-mail: olgapugovkina@yandex.ru

Irina V. Nikitina, Junior researcher at the state institution " Moscow scientific-research institute of psychiatry", Moscow, Russia, e-mail: irinanikitina97@yandex.ru

Alla B. Kholmogorova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Leading Researcher, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry (A Branch of the National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-0199, e-mail: kholmogorova@yandex.ru

Natalia G. Garanyan, Doctor of Psychology, Professor of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Associate Professor, leading researcher at the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, member of the editorial board of the journal "Consultative Psychology and Psychotherapy", Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-2682, e-mail: garanian@mail.ru

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