51. VBT in History (1990s): The Empirically Supported Treatment Debate Rages On

The American Psychological Association commissioned a task force in 1993 to determine how to scientifically evaluate psychotherapy treatments. A controversy immediately ensued. Carrie digs into the literature on the history and effectiveness of empirically supported treatments to figure out what this suggests about best clinical practices. Note: this is not an ad for CBT.

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Show Notes:

• AAMFT Endorses Evidence Based Practice Consensus Statement
• Defining Empirically Supported Therapies
• History of American Psychological Association Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures
• Psychological Treatments
• Responses to the Task Forces Reports
• Empirically Supported Treatments in Psychotherapy: Towards an Evidence-Based or Evidence-Biased Psychology in Clinical Settings?
• A Vote for Science in Clinical Psychology: The History of Section III of Division 12
• Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures
• Characteristics of Empirically Supported Treatments
• Frontline: Innocence Lost – Little Rascals Abuse Scandal
• Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Tell Us Your Story