"Key Factors That Make Psychotherapy TRULY Effective" - With Bruce Wampold, Ph.D.

Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy REALLY superior to Humanistic or Psychodynamic approaches? According to the scientific evidence, what factors ACTUALLY drive the change process, and what skills can therapists strengthen to get better outcomes?

In this episode of The Making Therapy Better Podcast, our host Dr. Bruce Wampold takes the guest seat in a lively conversation with a group of young Brazilian psychologists who are at the heart of a contentious debate gaining national attention in Brazil: Geissy Araújo, Ph.D., Maurício Majolo, M.S., Lucas Cardoso, and Mateus Souza, M.S.

Together, they discuss:

- The common arguments that certain theoretical orientations are superior to others

- Whether these claims are supported by the scientific evidence

- What the data actually reveal about the change process in psychotherapy