Documentation of therapeutic sessions as a possibility of quality control and therapeutic training

The documentation of one's own psychotherapeutic activities is an essential component of psychotherapeutic work. Especially for the training of psycho therapists systems are required that allow the monitoring of therapeutic pr ocesses, show therapy quality and therapist's adherence to training, and th at can be applied to different therapeutic settings and psychological disor ders. In this study we present a standardized system for documentation that is cu rrently used by the trainees of the training program in cognitive-behaviora l therapy at the University of Bonn. It records different aspects of therap eutic in-session quality. The system will be compared to earlier forms of c ase formulation. Results of the evaluation of the documentation system art: presented. Correlations between process variables and therapeutic quality are mentioned. The documentation system is currently in use at several in- and out-patient therapeutic institutions that cooperate with the training p rogram of the University of Bonn.