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Following are scholarly publications authored or edited by contributors to the Selective Treatment program. These publications summarize the scientific evidence for Innerlife.com and are listed by the respective areas of the individualized report:

    Evidence-based Practices in Mental Health

  • APA Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice. (2006). Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology. American Psychologist, 61, 271-285. (17 authors/members of the Task Force)
  • Beutler, L. E. (1998). Identifying empirically supported treatments: What if we didn't? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 113-120.
  • Norcross, J.C., Beutler, L.E., & Levant, R.F. (Eds.). (2006). Evidence-based practices in mental health: Debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Norcross, J. C., Hogan, T. P., & Koocher, G. P. (2008). Clinician's guide to evidence-based practices: Mental health and the addictions. New York: Oxford University Press.


    • Selective Treatment (in general)

  • Williams, O. B., Beutler, L. E., & Yanick, K. (2005). Systematic Assessment and Treatment Matching. In G. P. Koocher, J.C. Norcross, & S. S. Hill, S. (Eds), Psychologist's Desk Reference (2nd ed.) (pp. 220-225). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Beutler, L. E., Clarkin, J. F., & Bongar, B., (2000). Guidelines for the systematic treatment of the depressed patient. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Beutler, L.E., & Clarkin, J. F. (1990). Systematic treatment selection: Toward targeted therapeutic interventions. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
  • Beutler, L. E., & Harwood, T. M. (2000). Prescriptive therapy: A practical guide to systematic treatment selection. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Norcross, J. C., & Beutler, L. E. (2007). Integrative psychotherapies. In R. J. Corsini & D. Wedding (Eds.), Current psychotherapies (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
  • Norcross, J. C., & Goldfried, M. R. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of psychotherapy integration (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.


    • Identification of Areas of Concern

  • Beutler, L. E. & Harwood, T. M. (1995). How to assess clients in pretreatment planning. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.) Clinical personality assessment (pp. 59-77). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Beutler, L. E., & Groth-Marnat, G. (Eds.). (2003). Integrative assessment of adult personality (2nd ed). New York: Guilford Press.
  • Beutler, L. E., Malik, M., Talebi, H., Fleming, J., & Moleiro, C. (2004). Use of psychological tests/instruments for treatment planning. In M. E. Maruish (Ed), The use of psychological tests for treatment planning and outcome assessment (3rd ed., pp. 111-145). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Fisher, D., Beutler, L. E., & Williams, O. B. (1999). Making assessment relevant to treatment planning: the STS Clinician Rating Form. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55, 825-842.
  • Groth-Marnat, G., Gothiel, E., Liu, W., Clinton, D., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Personality and treatment planning for psychotherapy: The Systematic Treatment Selection Model. In G. Boyle, G. Matthews, & D. Saklofske (Eds.), Handbook of personality and testing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Harwood, T.M. and Williams, O.B. (2003). Identifying Treatment Relevant Assessment: The STS. In Beutler, L.E. and Groth-Marnat, G. (Eds.), Integrative assessment of adult personality (2nd rev). New York: Guilford Press.


    • Treatments to Consider

  • Beutler, L. E., Machado, P. P., Engle, D., & Mohr, D. (1993). Differential patient x treatment maintenance of treatment effects among cognitive, experiential, and self-directed psychotherapies. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 3, 15-32.
  • Castonguay, L. G., & Beutler, L. E. (Eds.). (2006). Principles of therapeutic change that work: Integrating relationship, treatment, client, and therapist factors. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Prochaska, J. O., & Norcross, J. C. (2007). Systems of psychotherapy: A transtheoretical analysis (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.


    • Treatments to Avoid

  • Beutler, L. E., Rocco, F., Moleiro, C., & Talebi, H. (2002). Resistance. Psychotherapy, 38, 431-436.
  • Lafferty, P., Beutler, L. E., & Crago, M. (1989). Differences between more and less effective psychotherapists: A study of select therapist variables. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 76-80.
  • Mohr, D. C., Beutler, L. E., Engle, D., Shoham-Salomon, V., Bergan, J., Kaszniak, A. W., & Yost, E. (1990). Identification of patients at risk for non-response and negative outcome in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58, 622-628.
  • Norcross, J. C., Koocher, G. P., & Garofalo, A. (2006). Discredited psychological treatments and tests: A Delphi poll. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 37, 515-522.


    • Compatible Therapist Styles

  • Beutler, L. E., Engle, D., Mohr, D., Daldrup, R. J., Bergan, J., Meredith, K., & Merry, W. (1991). Predictors of differential response to cognitive, experiential and self-directed psychotherapeutic procedures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 333-340.
  • Beutler, L. E., Zetzer, H. & Yost, E. (1997).Tailoring interventions to clients: Effects on engagement and retention. In L. S. Onken, J. D. Blaine, & J. J. Boren (Eds.), Beyond the therapeutic alliance: Keeping the drug-dependent individual in treatment (pp. 85-109) (NIDA Research Monograph 165; NIH Publication No. 97-4142). Washington, DC: National Institute of Drug Abuse.
  • Calvert, S.C., Beutler, L.E., & Crago, M. (1988). Psychotherapy outcome as a function of therapist-patient matching on selected variables. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 6, 104-117.
  • Karno, M., Beutler, L. E., & Harwood, T. M. (2002). Interactions between psychotherapy process and patient attributes that predict alcohol treatment effectiveness: A preliminary report. Addictive Behaviors, 27, 779-797.
  • Norcross, J. C. (Ed.). (2002). Psychotherapy relationships that work. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Norcross, J. C. (2008). The therapeutic relationship. In B. Duncan, S. Miller, & B. Wampold (Eds.), Heart & soul of change in psychotherapy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Norcross, J. C., & Beutler, L. E. (1997). Determining the therapeutic relationship of choice in brief therapy. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.), Personality assessment in managed health care: Using the MMPI-2 in treatment planning (pp. 42-60). New York: Oxford University Press.


    • Picking your Psychotherapist

  • Beutler, L. E., Bongar, B., & Shurkin, J. L. (1998). Am I crazy or is it my shrink? New York: Oxford University Press. [Reprinted in 2000 as, A Consumer's Guide to Psychotherapy: A complete guide to choosing the therapist and treatment that's right for you.
  • Beutler, L. E., Malik, M., Alimohamed, S., Harwood, T. M., Talebi, H., Noble, S., & Wong, E. (2003). Therapist variables. In M. J. Lambert (Ed), Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (5th ed., pp. 227-306). New York: Wiley.
  • Norcross, J. C., & Grunebaum, H. (2005). The selection and characteristics of therapists' psychotherapists: A research synthesis. In J. D. Geller, J. C. Norcross, & D. E. Orlinsky (Eds.), The psychotherapist's own psychotherapy. New York: Oxford University Press.


    • Self-Help Resources

  • Norcross, J. C., Santrock, J. W., Campbell, L. F., Smith, T. P., Sommer, R., & Zuckerman, E. L. (2003). Authoritative guide to self-help resources in mental health (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
  • Norcross, J. C. (2006). Integrating self-help into psychotherapy: 16 practical suggestions. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 37, 683-693.


    • Other References

  • Beutler, L. E., Mohr, D. C., Grawe, K., Engle, D. & MacDonald, R. (1991). Looking for differential effects: Cross-cultural predictors of differential psychotherapy efficacy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 1, 121-142.
  • Beutler, L. E. & Consoli, A. (1993). Matching the Therapist's Interpersonal Stance to Clients' Characteristics: Contributions from Systematic Eclectic Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 30, 417-422.
  • Kopta, S. M., Howard, K. I., Lowry, J. L., & Beutler, L. E. (1994). Patterns of symptomatic recovery in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 1009-1016.
  • Beutler, L. E. & Williams, O. B. (1995, July/Aug.). Computer applications for the selection of optimal psychosocial therapeutic interventions. Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, 66-68.
  • Beutler, L. E., Brookman, L., Harwood, T. M., Alimohamed, S., & Malik, M. (2002). Functional Impairment and Coping Style. Psychotherapy, 38, 437-442.
  • Beutler, L. E., Moleiro, C., Malik, M., Harwood, T.M., Romanelli, R., Gallagher-Thompson, D., & Thompson, L. (2003). A comparison of the Dodo, EST, and ATI indicators among co-morbid stimulant dependent, depressed patients. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 10, 69-85.
  • Corbella, S., Beutler, L. E., Fernandez-Alvarez, H., Botella, L., Malik, M. L., Lane, G., & Wagstaff, N. (2003). Measuring Coping Style and Resistance among Spanish and Argentine Samples: Development of the Systematic Treatment Selection Self-Report (STS-SR) in Spanish. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 921-932.
  • Beutler, L. E., & Moos, R. H. (2003). Coping and Coping Styles in Personality and Treatment Planning: Introduction to the Special Series. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 1045-1048.
  • Karno, M. P. & Longabaugh, R. (2004). What do we know? Process analysis and the search for a better understanding of Project Match's anger-by-treatment matching effect. Journal of Studies in Alcohol, 65, 501-512.
  • Karno, M. P., & Longabaugh, R. (2005). Less directiveness by therapists improves drinking outcomes of reactant clients in alcoholism treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychgology, 73, 262-267.
  • Norcross, J. C., Beutler, L. E., & Caldwell, R. (2002). Integrative conceptualization and treatment of depression. In M. A. Reinecke and A. Freeman (Eds) Comparative Treatments of Depression (pp. 397-426). New York: Springer.