As a result of the lively controversy over empirically
supported treatments in the literature, there
has emerged a greater recognition that other forms of
evidence can inform clinical practice. In broadening
the concept of empirical evidence, the American
PsychologicalAssociation Presidential Task Force on
Evidence-Based Practice (2006) made it clear that
RCTs represent only one approach to providing
empirical evidence that can inform clinical practice.
Findings from other forms of research, such as
research on clinical disorders, client characteristics
and contextual variables, therapist competence,
basic research on psychological processes,