SynthesisPsychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research2023
Strength-based methods - a narrative review and comparative multilevel meta-analysis of positive interventions in clinical settings.
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- Coping Strategies To Enhance Mental Health and Wellbeing of Ethnic Minority Populations in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Negative Experiences and Mental Ill Health During a Workers' Compensation Claim: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Who Benefits Most from Positive Psychological Interventions? Predictors and Moderators of Well-Being Outcomes in Severe Mental Health Conditions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Towards a 21st Century Definition of Mental Health - Emerging Trends in Bringing Practice and Research Together.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Focus on Strengths is Associated with Improved Functioning and Higher Clinical Progress in Children's Public Mental Health Care.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Case Report: Narrative therapy combined with Satir model for the treatment of trichotillomania.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A Review of Transdiagnostic Mechanisms in Cognitive Behavior Therapy.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Integrating mindfulness into the extended process model of emotion regulation: The dual-mode model of mindful emotion regulation.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Review
- Psychotherapy Works - An Inclusive and Affirming View to a Modern Mental Health Treatment.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Article
- Facilitating the coping and development of college students with mental disorders: a positive clinical psychology approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Global screening of health behaviors: Introducing Lev-screening (Lev-s)-development and psychometric evaluation.PloS one · 2024Article
- Does realizing strengths, insight, and behavioral practice through a psychological intervention promote personality change? An intensive longitudinal study.European journal of personalityArticle
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Abstract
objectiveIn psychotherapy, strength-based methods (SBM) represent efforts to build on patients' strengths while addressing the deficits and challenges that led them to come to therapy. SBM are incorporated to some extent in all major psychotherapy approaches, but data on their unique contribution to psychotherapy efficacy is scarce.
methodsFirst, we conducted a systematic review and narrative synthesis of eight process-outcome psychotherapy studies that investigated in-session SBM and their relation to immediate outcomes. Second, we conducted a systematic review and multilevel comparative meta-analysis contrasting strength-based bona fide psychotherapy vs. other bona fide psychotherapy at post-treatment (57 effect sizes nested in 9 trials).
resultsDespite their methodological variability, the pattern of results in the process-outcome studies was generally positive, such that SBM were linked with more favorable immediate, session-level patient outcomes. The comparative meta-analysis found an overall weighted average effect size of
conclusionOur findings suggest that SBMs may not be a trivial by-product of treatment progress and may provide a unique contribution to psychotherapy outcomes. Thus, we recommend integration of SBM to clinical training and practice across treatment models.
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