The author presents a detailed scheme for the utilization of the experimental method in TA. He describes the various phases of data collection: the formulation of hypotheses, the verification of hypotheses, the intervention, and the use of feedback. He also provides some general criteria for deciding if the feedback is positive or negative together with the concepts of “ongoing effective psychotherapy” and the “syndrome of ineffective psychotherapy.”
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