Les thérapeutes font-ils ce qu'ils disent faire ? Comparaison entre prototypes idéaux et pratiques réelles pour plusieurs formes de psychothérapies1

The Psychotherapy Process Q-Set developed by Jones et Pulos (1993) is a descriptive instrument that serves to compare what psychotherapists do (the psychotherapeutic practice) to what they say they do (the ideal prototype). Six cases in psychotherapy according to three therapeutic approaches (psychodynamic, systemic and cognitive-behavioural) were analysed with this method. The results indicate that the therapists, although applying well their method, use also techniques and attitudes from other approaches. Implications for common and differential aspects in the three psychotherapy processes are discussed.