TY - JOUR AU - Andrews, A A AB - Previous investigations of the dose-effect relationship in psychotherapy suggest that therapeutic benefits occur early in treatment.Approximately 25% of patients have been estimated to improve after 1 session, and 50% improve by 8 sessions. The aim of this study was to compare such estimates with the actual performance of outpatients in therapy. Forty-five patients seen at an outpatient clinic were monitored session by session for evidence of clinically significant change. Results indicated only 22% of patients "recovered" (as defined in this study) after 8 sessions, with the earliest recovery occurring after 2 sessions. Possible reasons for the lower dose-effect relationship found here are discussed. TI - How Much Therapy Is Really Enough? : A Session-by-Session Analysis of the Psychotherapy Dose-Effect Relationship. JF - The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research DA - 2012-10-02 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed/how-much-therapy-is-really-enough-a-session-by-session-analysis-of-the-6h9pKtIuND SP - 132 EP - 151 VL - 5 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -