Assessing Psychotherapy Outcome With Feedback
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - Any |
| Updated: | 8/10/2016 |
| Start Date: | December 2013 |
| End Date: | August 2017 |
| Contact: | Jacob Z Goldsmith, Ph.D. |
| Email: | jgoldsmith2@family-institute.org |
| Phone: | 847 733 4300 |
Assessing Psychotherapy Outcome in Treatment as Usual Versus Treatment as Usual With the STIC Feedback System
This study is a comparison of client outcomes in two different types of psychotherapy
treatment. In one condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual (TAU); the therapy that
they would normally receive. In the other condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual
but in addition their therapist will have access to empirical feedback on client progress.
Clients in the feedback condition will fill out weekly online questionnaires, and their
therapists will have access to a website that feeds back the results of these
questionnaires. The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of providing such
feedback to therapists. Participating therapists at 4 sites will offer all of their clients
the opportunity to participate, and participating clients will be randomly assigned to
either condition. This should result in a representative sample of client seeking treatment
at these 4 Chicago-area clinics.
treatment. In one condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual (TAU); the therapy that
they would normally receive. In the other condition clients will receive treatment-as-usual
but in addition their therapist will have access to empirical feedback on client progress.
Clients in the feedback condition will fill out weekly online questionnaires, and their
therapists will have access to a website that feeds back the results of these
questionnaires. The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of providing such
feedback to therapists. Participating therapists at 4 sites will offer all of their clients
the opportunity to participate, and participating clients will be randomly assigned to
either condition. This should result in a representative sample of client seeking treatment
at these 4 Chicago-area clinics.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Client seeks therapy at one of the 4 participating sites
- For Individual therapy: client must consent and complete pre-test battery before the
first therapy session
- For couple therapy: both clients must consent and complete pre-test battery before
the first therapy session
- For family therapy: at least one client must consent and complete pre-test battery
before the first therapy session
- Clients must be 12 years of age or older
- Clients must be able to read (English or Spanish) at a 6th grade level
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clients under 12 years of age
- Clients incapable of reading at a 6th grade level
- Clients who are blind, or are have sufficiently impaired sight as to be unable to
read the questions on the web portal
We found this trial at
4
sites
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Evanston, Illinois 60201
Principal Investigator: William Pinsof, Ph.D.
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