Abstract
This introductory chapter provides a brief description about the book and the subsequent chapters in part I. The Part I of this second volume turns to a third primary way in which professionals practice psychotherapy and/or try to affect such practice through theory, research, and training. This part centers on evidence-based practice (EBP) and examines how psychotherapists may draw on varied forms of research to administer psychotherapy in a way that can include, but also transcend, specific theoretical orientations and disorder-specific interventions. The first part of Volume 2 addresses specific questions (one per chapter) that the field faces in the EBP domain. This list of questions is by no means exhaustive, but it captures the areas where the research base has matured enough to permit a systematic review of the existing evidence and to make calls for important next steps in science, practice, and training. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)