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crazycityslicker · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

A recent meta-analysis of 12 studies revealed that matching therapist method to patient coping style:

a. produced a medium effect size.
b. shortened therapy by several sessions.
c. improved therapy outcomes for clients with externalizing but not internalizing problems.
d. produced the best outcome when clients with internalizing disorders were matched with symptom focused and skill enhancement approaches.

Question 2

A key take-home message of Beutler and colleague's systematic treatment selection research is that:

a. clients' problems should be matched to specific treatment approaches.
b. therapists' relational styles should be matched to the demands of particular treatment approaches.
c. the client's level of psychological maturity should be matched to the therapist's emotional maturity level.
d. the level of a therapist's directiveness should be matched to the client's level of resistance.