A discovery-oriented approach to psychotherapy research relies on discovery-oriented research questions. Four such questions are illustrated, together with the logistics of this approach to research, and the practical working steps in carrying out a program of discovery-oriented research. A case is made for the superior elegance of the discovery-oriented approach to psychotherapy research.
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Mahrer et al. (1999) studied this question.