Comment on Lundh (2023)

Stefan G. Hofmann; Bruno Pereira; Carolina Barbosa; Cameron E. Lindsay

doi:10.17505/jpor.2024.26273

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Stefan G. Hofmann Philipps-University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Translational Clinical Psychology Group, Marburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-9681
Bruno Pereira Philipps-University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Translational Clinical Psychology Group, Marburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8200-8214
Carolina Barbosa Philipps-University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Translational Clinical Psychology Group, Marburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-0216
Cameron E. Lindsay Philipps-University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Translational Clinical Psychology Group, Marburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0253-0834

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https://doi.org/10.17505/jpor.2024.26273

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psychotherapy, person-level, idiographic design, process-based approach

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In this commentary of Lundh’s (2023) article, we point to an individualized process-based approach for the future of psychotherapy. The traditional nomothetic research paradigm is limiting our understanding of processes of change, oversimplifying psychological phenomena, and neglecting individual dynamics. In contrast, a process-based approach calls for ideographic methodologies, departing from the latent-disease paradigm toward process-based interventions. Process-based research promises avenues for enhancing intervention science and a deeper comprehension about psychopathology and therapeutic mechanisms, in a comprehensive, personalized, and holistic manner.

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