TY - BOOK AU - Miller,William R. AU - Moyers,Theresa B TI - Effective psychotherapists: clinical skills that improve client outcomes SN - 9781462546893 AV - RC480.M938.E344 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - The Guilford Press KW - Psychotherapists KW - Psychotherapy KW - Methodology KW - Psychotherapist and patient N1 - 2 N2 - "What is it that makes some therapists so much more effective than others, even when they are delivering the same evidence-based treatment? This instructive book identifies specific interpersonal skills and attitudes often overlooked in clinical training that facilitate better client outcomes across a broad range of treatment methods and contexts. Reviewing 70 years of psychotherapy research, the preeminent authors show that empathy, acceptance, warmth, focus, and other characteristics of effective therapists are both measurable and teachable. Illustrated with annotated dialogues, the book gives practitioners and students a blueprint for learning and practicing these crucial clinical skills"-- ER -