RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING BASED ON EXPERIENCES WITH MANUAL-GUIDED TRAINING AND RESEARCH - EPILOGUE

The contributions to this special section reflected experiences with d iverse models of psychotherapy, as well as experiences in both researc h and programmatic teaching contexts. However, all of the authors shar e a familiarity with the use of treatment manuals to guide training. W hile differences of opinions occasionally can be detected, the contrib utors produced several recurrent recommendations for improving psychot herapy training. The first two recommendations refer to specific areas of knowledge and skill, while the remainder refer to teaching formats and methods.