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Treatment planning judgements in psychology

Closes 25 April 2026

Psychologists working in everyday clinical practice usually offer clients evidence-based treatment strategies that match the psychologist's understanding of the client’s problems. Although much importance is placed on treatment planning, very little is known about how psychologists reach such decisions.

We invite psychologists with five or more years of experiencing in administering cognitive-behaviour therapy to participate in this research project to validate a new instrument – the Treatment Options Measure (TOM). 

Participation involves completing an online survey that takes about 10 minutes to complete. Participants are asked to choose the intervention strategy that would be most effective in addressing hypothesised maintaining factors of the client's difficulties. It is hoped that TOM will be used in future research to evaluate treatment planning decisions.

To participate click on the "Start the survey" link below.

If you would like further information about the project, please contact:
Professor Sunil Bhar ([email protected]).

Start the survey