SCORE 15 and beyond: new aspects of research in the evaluation of systemic psychotherapy

Journal title RIVISTA DI PSICOTERAPIA RELAZIONALE
Author/s Luigi Schepisi
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/62
Language Italian Pages 9 P. 36-44 File size 94 KB
DOI 10.3280/PR2025-062005
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The author begins by summarising the main features of SCORE-15, a self-report designed to evaluate the outcome of systemic psychotherapy. The work carried out to validate the Italian version of SCORE has made it possible to closely examine certain issues: for example, being able to describe, as the outcome of systemic therapy, a change in the functioning of a family or a couple, and not just an individual change; similarly, making it possible to conduct a “naturalistic” study with appropriate tools. Greater proximity between the worlds of clinical practice and research is increasingly desirable, not only because, in the words of Di Nuovo (2019), “for psychotherapy, the research laboratory is the clinical setting”, but also because the feedback provided by clients is increasingly important in guiding both therapy and research. In conclusion, the author describes further elements of the process of change that affected both, from the focus on common factors of change, including the therapeutic alliance, to the value given to the “tailoring” of treatment, to the potentially fruitful dialectic between the manualisation of treatments and the skills and creativity of the therapist.

Keywords: SCORE 15, research, common factors of change.

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Luigi Schepisi, Lo SCORE 15 e non solo: nuovi aspetti della ricerca nella valutazione della psicoterapia sistemica in "RIVISTA DI PSICOTERAPIA RELAZIONALE " 62/2025, pp 36-44, DOI: 10.3280/PR2025-062005