Abstract

The aim of this article is to describe the main methodological trends in psychotherapy research in the past five years, as a way of responding to "how it is knowing what is known" in the discipline. The description focused on three variables: types of research problems, types of research and types of research approach. The methodology used in this article focuses on a descriptive epistemometric analysis regarding the Web of Science database. The sample was non-probabilistic and corresponded to 46 psychotherapy research articles published between 2013 and 2017. It was found that most articles dealt with practical problems (52.2 %), descriptive research (54.3 %) and approach reality through a qualitative approach (45.7 %). Finally, it is concluded that researchers in psychotherapy mainly ask practical questions about the treatment of patients, obtaining answers of limited scope, focusing on phenomena. The limitations of the study on the generalization of results are discussed.