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ArticleClinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2026

Multimodal assessments of therapist characteristics are largely unrelated to patient outcomes: A preregistered analysis.

Simon B Goldberg, Scott A Baldwin, Anthony W P Flynn, Robbie Babins-Wagner, Derek D Caperton, Camille Y Williams, Emily H Hamm, Sin U Lam, Jessica K Cozart, Geetanjali Deole and 5 more

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Article in Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Simon B GoldbergDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6888-0126
Scott A BaldwinDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Anthony W P FlynnDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Robbie Babins-WagnerCalgary Counselling Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Derek D CapertonCalgary Counselling Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Camille Y WilliamsDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Emily H HammDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Sin U LamDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Jessica K CozartDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Geetanjali DeoleDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Nili SolomonovWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
S Mark KoptaDepartment of Psychology, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, USA.
Timothy AndersonDepartment of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Bruce E WampoldDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Jesse OwenDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN EMOTION RESEARCHT32MH018931 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Richard J Davidson · 1989 to 2026
$11.6M
Optimizing the integration between human and digital support in a meditation app for depression and anxietyR01MH139512 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Richard J Davidson, Simon B Goldberg · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
Positive valence systems engagement during social reward exposure psychotherapy for mid- and late-life depressionK23MH123864 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SOLOMONOV, NILI · 2020 to 2024
$954k
Mindfulness training delivered via mobile health to reduce depression and anxietyK23AT010879 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GOLDBERG, SIMON B · 2020 to 2024
$786k
NCCIH NIH HHS K23 AT010879NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH123864NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH139512NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While it is known that therapists vary in effectiveness, it is unclear what therapist-level characteristics predict this variation. We conducted a large-scale, preregistered study (

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behavioral measuresexpertisemultimodal assessmentpsychotherapytherapist effects

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PMID42244905
PMCPMC13233014

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