Reviewing Empirically Supported Processes and

Reviewing empirically supported processes and

mechanism of change in Psychotherapy.

With a rapid increase in interest in psychotherapy, we are experiencing wide interest rethinking and re-evaluating the conceptual and the clinical bases for understanding the ways in which change takes place in psychotherapy. Processes of change are also explored to assist therapist in grasping an insight to increase positive therapeutic outcomes. Processes of change are a major dimension of the Trans-theoretical model that enables us to understand how shifts in behaviour occur. Change processes are covert and overt activities and experiences that individuals engage in when they attempt to modify problem behaviours. Each process is a broad category encompassing multiple techniques, methods, and interventions traditionally associated with disparate theoretical orientations. Numerous studies have shown that successful self-changers employ different processes at each particular stage of change. As psychotherapy is emerging at the present time, theories are shifting from frameworks of traditional psychoanalytic theories and now seeking to describe the process in the therapeutic interaction. Although understanding the process and mechanisms of change in psychotherapy is vital but since most studies have not only used different standardised tools or structured questionnaires to elicit benefits, but have deployed different outcome criteria. Standardised tools may not be sufficiently sensitive to detect small but meaningful change from the client perspective, as does not implicate that they necessarily measure change in effects that users value (Ainsworth, 2007). According to McLeod (2001), since use of such tools cannot provide insight into the processes or mechanisms that contribute to change, there are limited studies in terms of understanding what happens in therapy. Therefore, it is vital to critically examine the empirically supported processes and mechanisms of change to broaden...