HEURISTIC RATING-SCALES - DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION IN 2 SHORT-TERMTHERAPIES

The Heuristic-Raring-Scales appeared to be useful instruments for the description of therapeutic goals and the identification of process cha racteristics determining the outcome of brief psycho-therapies. It cou ld be shown that the scales can be used economically and that rater ag reement soon reaches satisfactory levels. To demonstrate the potential use of the scales, their application in two different short term trea tments are described which are presently analyzed in a multicenter stu dy of ''single case oriented process research'' using a variety of dif ferent methods. The example demonstrates that the Heuristic-Rating-Sca les are useful to discriminate both different theoretical foundations of treatments as well as the interplay between therapists' and patient s' activities.