Hi Joanne,

Thanks for your message. We've recently had a couple of posts - from
Jonathan Kanter at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and Glenn
Callaghan at San Jose State University - that discuss some ongoing and
devloping FAP research. I will forward them on to you. Also, if you
haven't already, check out the references page at

www.functionalanalyticpsyschotherapy.com

Coding therapist and client behavior is a big concern of ours, and we
have developed a few different methods. The emails from Jonathan and Glenn
discuss a couple - and should also convey that this research is very open
for development. We also have a couple of instruments
that code therapist turns at speech according to whether or how they are
FAP-adherent. The more complex of the two is described briefly in
Kohlenberg, Kanter et al 2002. The simple one codes turns according to
whether they engage the therapeutic relationship or therapeutic process in
an idiographic way or not (e.g. a fap intervention vs. a normal CT
intervention).

In the past, we have mainly been concerned with how FAP processes as
independent variables contribute to outcomes as dependent variables.
Though the small FAP open trial (see the ref above) also addressed
whether FAP training as IV might increase FAP processes as DV.

I hope this helps. I personally would be very interested in research
about FAP clinical training, since I am a beginning graduate student
myself. I'd like to hear more about what you're thinking - and I'd be
happy to try to answer any other questions you might have.

Gareth Holman
at University of Washington





On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, joannedahloliver wrote:

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> My name is joAnne Dahl and I work as a professor in clinical psychology at the
university
> of uppsala. At the initiative of my interested students we will be having our
first FAP
> course here within the clinical program,. Several of my graduate students
would like to do
> their thesis on FAP. We had the idea that we could randomized groups of
students into two
> groups and give one of the groups FAP training and then evaluate both groups
as they
> meet their first clients. We thought we could rate the interactions on video
as well as get
> ratings from the clients and the therapists.
> My question is what kind of experiences do you all who work with FAP have as
the
> independent and dependant variables in doing such research. What kinds of
research
> questions have you had. Does anyone have any suggestions as what needs to be
done. I
> have a gold mine of cleaver curious and interested students, thanks from
Joanne Dahl
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