ROUTINE OUTCOME MONITORING AND FEEDBACK IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

There is a passionate dialectic between outcome-based and process-based psychotherapeutic approaches in the field of psychotherapy research. Evidence-based practice integrates both positions with patient characteristics and clinical expertise. Thus, process factors have had increased visibility over the past decade. This paper examines one of them: routine outcome monitoring and collecting patient feedback. The topic is presented in our context and it is illustrated by exposing five clinical cases. We review the empirical status on the topic and the main strengths and barriers for its generalization in clinical practice are discussed.

Keywords

• Routine outcome monitoring
• Collecting Feedback
• Expertise
• PCOMS
• Clinical psychology.