Status:

COMPLETED

The Measurement of Empathy and Its Efficacy in Psychotherapy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Conditions:

Psychotherapeutic Processes

Transference (Psychology)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of the research is to: 1) to test whether psychotherapy including immediate feedback of empathy data is more efficacious than therapy without such an exchange of data, 2) to measure the de...

Detailed Description

Objective: To develop and evaluate a feedback method for measuring and increasing therapists' empathic accuracy and reducing empathic errors in psychotherapy. Method: Sixteen (16) patient-therapist pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Outpatient psychotherapy at University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Age 18-65

Exclusion

  • Psychosis
  • Suicidality
  • Organic Brain Disorder

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00620009

Start Date

June 1 2002

End Date

June 1 2007

Last Update

February 21 2008

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608