TY - JOUR AU - Eells, Tracy D. PY - 2010/12/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Case Studies Help Us Read Between the Lines of Manual-Driven Therapy JF - Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy JA - PCSP VL - 6 IS - 4 SE - Commentaries on Original Articles DO - 10.14713/pcsp.v6i4.1050 UR - https://pcsp.nationalregister.org/index.php/pcsp/article/view/1050 SP - AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ">Edwards’ (2010) article illuminates the benefits of systematic case series analysis in exploring metacompetencies such as therapist responsiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>These benefits are unique contributions of systematic case analyses since the situational and temporal contexts provided by cases are <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lost in group comparison research such as randomized clinical trials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>For this reason, the two approaches triangulate well with each other, in the sense described by Edwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Aggregation of findings from multiple cases facilitates generalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Edward’s systematic case series of PTSD treatments demonstrates one important and pragmatic way in which this generalization can be accomplished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I discuss Edward’s approach to studying therapist responsiveness in light of methodology, theory-building, training, and case formulation.</span></p> ER -