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A Guide to Functional Analytic PsychotherapyLines of Evidence in Support of FAP

A Guide to Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Lines of Evidence in Support of FAP Chapter 2 David E. Baruch, Jonathan W. Kanter, Andrew M. Busch, Mary D. Plummer, Mavis Tsai, Laura C. Rusch, Sara J. Landes, and Gareth I. Holman What empirical evidence supports FAP? On the one hand, FAP is based on a handful of basic behavioral principles that were theoretically and empirically derived from decades of laboratory experimentation. On the other, FAP has yet to be tested in a randomized controlled trial. Our belief is that the basic tenets of FAP—namely the importance of the therapeutic relationship and the use of natural reinforcement to shape client problems when they occur naturally in the therapeutic relationship—are robust, and lines of evidence in support of these principles converge from multiple and diverse areas of research. In this chapter we review these lines of evidence. It should be clear from the outset, however, that this review by no means seeks to justify the paucity of direct empirical evidence in support of FAP. Rather, we believe that the findings of this review strongly suggest that additional empirical research specifically investigating the efficacy of FAP is warranted, as it was developed from a solid foundation of principles and evidence and represents a convergence of some of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Guide to Functional Analytic PsychotherapyLines of Evidence in Support of FAP

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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009
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978-0-387-09786-2
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Chapter 2 David E. Baruch, Jonathan W. Kanter, Andrew M. Busch, Mary D. Plummer, Mavis Tsai, Laura C. Rusch, Sara J. Landes, and Gareth I. Holman What empirical evidence supports FAP? On the one hand, FAP is based on a handful of basic behavioral principles that were theoretically and empirically derived from decades of laboratory experimentation. On the other, FAP has yet to be tested in a randomized controlled trial. Our belief is that the basic tenets of FAP—namely the importance of the therapeutic relationship and the use of natural reinforcement to shape client problems when they occur naturally in the therapeutic relationship—are robust, and lines of evidence in support of these principles converge from multiple and diverse areas of research. In this chapter we review these lines of evidence. It should be clear from the outset, however, that this review by no means seeks to justify the paucity of direct empirical evidence in support of FAP. Rather, we believe that the findings of this review strongly suggest that additional empirical research specifically investigating the efficacy of FAP is warranted, as it was developed from a solid foundation of principles and evidence and represents a convergence of some of

Published: Oct 20, 2008

Keywords: Intrinsic Motivation; Therapeutic Relationship; Therapeutic Alliance; Contingent Reinforcement; Interpersonal Functioning

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