Toward Transdisciplinary Quality Measures of Competence in Psychotherapy: Measures to Identify “Good Enough” Therapists

No available measure of psychotherapy competence has achieved gold-standard status. Several published measures could contribute to quality-assurance efforts. Practically speaking, to assess therapist competence, employers and patients must still largely rely on an assortment of certifications, personal references, and patients' accounts of experiences with their therapists. All these sources are increasingly accessible, thanks to web-based technologies.