The Pros And Cons Of Manualized Therapy

My friend Jessica agreed to interview with Eliza. She spent twenty minutes inputting information back and forth about anxiety. Several times I caught her laughing while typing and asked what was so funny. She said that the program, more or less, was mimicking what she said and asked the same question over and over. Jessica said that if she had a real problem it would have been a waste of time. There were too many circles in the conversation. She also said that she absolutely did not feel listened to by Eliza nor were her problems actually addressed. Jessica said that if she really had a bad anxiety problem it probably would have been made worse by the way the questions were answered with questions and no real solution offered. From

This manual usually follows research that supports effective, evidence-based treatments (2012). Advantages of using evidence-based treatments include but are not limited to a more empirical approach, one that is consistent among field professionals, a decrease in the reliance on a single psychotherapist’s clinical judgement instead of that consistent approach founded by research, in-addition-to a more manualized approach can help weed out in-competencies that may have arisen from lack of comparable education (Pomerantz, 2012). Disadvantages of using such approaches are likely to include limitations on a psychotherapist’s autonomic ability to individualize treatment (Pomerantz, 2012). Manualized Therapy may also create problems when client’s disorder is of a more sever manner than what has been outlined in the MT approach. Clients who have more complicated diagnosis would suffer from the lack of individualized treatment causing a violation among the General Principles and Ethical Standards outlined within the APA (2017). One violation would be Principle A which states that a professional psychologist will do his or her best to minimalize or do no harm (APA, 2017). Another violation involves Principle C: Integrity. A psychologist cannot in absolute truth say they offered the best, most effective treatment if they are required to follow a manualized plan that may not offer the individualized treatment needed to complete the training and healing of a more severe client (APA,