Fonagy, P;
(2003)
The research agenda: The vital need for empirical research in child psychotherapy.
Journal of Child Psychotherapy
, 29
(2)
129 - 136.
10.1080/0075417031000138406.
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Abstract
Some possible reasons for the historical absence of psychoanalytic outcome research are examined, particularly the incompatibilities in the world view espoused by psychoanalysis and that of most of current science and the assumption of privileged knowledge on the part of many psychoanalysts and their training institutions. It is argued that the view that psychoanalysis offers an alternative epistemology to that of scientific research maintains psychoanalysis in its inferior position. The existing evidence for the effectiveness of adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy is reviewed and the relevance of these findings to child psychotherapy outlined. Finally the author proposes a research agenda for both child and adult psychotherapy and outlines the changes that psychotherapists will need to make if they are to implement this agenda.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The research agenda: The vital need for empirical research in child psychotherapy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0075417031000138406 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0075417031000138406 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the accepted version of the following article: Fonagy, P; (2003) The research agenda: The vital need for empirical research in child psychotherapy. Journal of Child Psychotherapy , 29 (2) 129 - 136., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi/org/10.1080/0075417031000138406. In addition, authors may also transmit, print and share copies with colleagues, provided that there is no systematic distribution of the submitted version, e.g. posting on a listserve, network or automated delivery. |
| Keywords: | Child psychotherapy research, adult psychotherapy research, psychoanalysis, epistemology, research methodology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/134278 |
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