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COORDINATED RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY:

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that the results of most investigations have hot had substantial practiDepartment of Genetics
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therapy, deficiences in techniques available to the researcher, and OW
practical difficulties in designing and carrying out adequately con-

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trolled studies. OS
Most researchers have been faced with serious limitations in col- m
lecting and analyzing data from representative samples of patients and =
therapists; follow-up studies have been difficult to carry out; the cru-
cial requirement of enlisting the full cooperation of therapists, pa-
tients, and institutions has been a continual stumbling block, and in
general rigorous designs have been difficult to impose upon the thera-
peutic phenomena themselves. Researchers who have, attacked problems in
“the area through experimental analogues and similar techniques frequently
_ have been unable to relate their findings to actual therapy situations.
- NOTE: This document is a draft, subject to revisions before publication.
, Several persons have already sent comments and suggestions to

the authors; their assistance is greatly appreciated and will be
properly acknowledged in the final version.