The integration of self-determination principles and scientifically informed treatments is the next tier Article

Joiner, TE, Sheldon, KM, Williams, G et al. (2003). The integration of self-determination principles and scientifically informed treatments is the next tier . CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 10(3), 318-319. 10.1093/clipsy/bpg028

cited authors

  • Joiner, TE; Sheldon, KM; Williams, G; Pettit, J

authors

abstract

  • We agree with Schneider's claim (2003, this issue) that humanistic ideas and approaches are important for therapeutic change. However, we reiterate that their importance lies primarily in the "how" of therapy, not in the "what" of therapy. Available now are a variety of relatively simple treatments whose worth for mitigating psychological suffering has been empirically documented, in the same rigorous way and with the same standards that the worth of new medical treatments must be documented. Thus, we argue that psychotherapy's next "tier" involves the marriage of such proven techniques with the humanistically informed motivational prescriptions of self-determination theory. © 2003 American Psychological Association D12.

publication date

  • December 1, 2003

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start page

  • 318

end page

  • 319

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 3