Dirk Zimmermann illustrates that some therapists significantly differ concerning their average dropout rates. He points out that initial impairment is a strong predictor of early termination. Different dropout criteria as well as various explaining variables on patient and on therapist level were assessed. Premature treatment termination is a common phenomenon in psychotherapy with mean dropout rates of about 20%. Therapist effects account for 3%-4% of the variation in dropout.
Contents
Brief Symptom Inventory
Therapist Effects
Common Phenomenon in Psychotherapy
Multilevel Logistic Regression
Assessment for Signal Clients (ASC)
Target Groups
Researchers and students of clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Teachers and practitioners in psychotherapy and supervision
The Author
Dirk Zimmermann studied psychology in Osnabrück (Germany), Bergen (Norway) and Trier (Germany). He works as a research associate at the department of clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the University of Trier since 2014. In addition he is a psychological psychotherapist in training.
