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Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Editor: Pim Cuijpers
ISSN 0022-006X
eISSN 1939-2117
Open access offered
Published monthly
Impact factor 6.0
5-year impact factor 7.2
Psychology - Clinical 8 of 184

The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology®(JCCP) publishes original contributions on the following topics:

  • the development, validity, and use of techniques of diagnosis and treatment of disordered behavior
  • studies of a variety of populations that have clinical interest, including but not limited to medical patients, ethnic minorities, persons with serious mental illness, and community samples
  • studies that have a cross-cultural or demographic focus and are of interest for treating behavior disorders
  • studies of personality and of its assessment and development where these have a clear bearing on problems of clinical dysfunction and treatment
  • studies of gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation that have a clear bearing on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment
  • studies of psychosocial aspects of health behaviors

Studies that focus on populations that fall anywhere within the lifespan are considered.

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Examining therapist effects in the alliance–outcome relationship: A multilevel meta-analysis.

Del Re, A. C.; Flückiger, Christoph; Horvath, Adam O.; Wampold, Bruce E.

Prospective evaluation of a clinical decision support system in psychological therapy.

Lutz, Wolfgang; Deisenhofer, Anne-Katharina; Rubel, Julian; Bennemann, Björn; Giesemann, Julia; Poster, Kaitlyn; Schwartz, Brian

LGBQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for young gay and bisexual men’s mental and sexual health: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.

Pachankis, John E.; Harkness, Audrey; Maciejewski, Kaitlin R.; Behari, Kriti; Clark, Kirsty A.; McConocha, Erin; Winston, Roxanne; Adeyinka, Oluwaseyi; Reynolds, Jesse; Bränström, Richard; Esserman, Denise A.; Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.; Safren, Steven A.

Positive affect treatment targets reward sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial.

Craske, Michelle G.; Meuret, Alicia E.; Echiverri-Cohen, Aileen; Rosenfield, David; Ritz, Thomas

Efficacy of personalized psychological interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nye, Arthur; Delgadillo, Jaime; Barkham, Michael

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Psychotherapies for the treatment of borderline personality disorder: A systematic review.

Crotty, Karen; Viswanathan, Meera; Kennedy, Sara; Edlund, Mark J.; Ali, Rania; Siddiqui, Mariam; Wines, Roberta; Ratajczak, Piotr; Gartlehner, Gerald

Exploring the influence of loneliness and social isolation in transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety.

Käll, Anton; Sapkota, Ram P.; Gretton, Alayna; Wilhelms, Andrew; Nugent, Marcie; Andersson, Gerhard; Dear, Blake; Titov, Nick; Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D.

Cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of adult depression: A network meta-analysis.

Ciharova, Marketa; Furukawa, Toshi A.; Efthimiou, Orestis; Karyotaki, Eirini; Miguel, Clara; Noma, Hisashi; Cipriani, Andrea; Riper, Heleen; Cuijpers, Pim

The long-term effectiveness of psychodynamic and analytical psychotherapy in routine care: Results from a naturalistic study over 6 years.

Henkel, Miriam; Zimmermann, Johannes; Volz, Matthias; Huber, Dorothea; Staats, Hermann; Benecke, Cord

Acceptance and commitment therapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: A randomized controlled trial.

El Rafihi-Ferreira, Renatha; Hasan, Rosa; Toscanini, Andrea C.; Linares, Ila M. P.; Suzuki Borges, Daniel; Brasil, Israel P.; Carmo, Marwin; Lotufo Neto, Francisco; Morin, Charles

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