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Empirically Based Professional Practice

By: Peter E. Nathan
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:dodo (bird); efficacy; efficacy versus effectiveness; evidence-based practice; evidence-based treatment; psychotherapy; treatment outcome

Professional practice based on reliable and valid empirical findings of effectiveness—empirically based professional practice (EBPP)—has increasingly influenced the work of mental health practitioners over the past two decades. The appeal of EBPP is based on the conviction that ...

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  Nathan, P. (2008). Empirically based professional practice. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 173-176). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n56
  
  Nathan, Peter E. "Empirically Based Professional Practice." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 173-76. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n56.
  
  Nathan, P. 2008. Empirically Based Professional Practice. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 173-176 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n56> [Accessed 20 Jun 2021].
  
  Nathan, Peter E. "Empirically Based Professional Practice." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 173-76. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n56.
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