Towards personalized allocation of patients to therapists.

Objective: Psychotherapy outcomes vary between therapists, but it is unclear how such information can be used for treatment planning or practice development. This proof-of-concept study aimed to develop a data-driven method to match patients to therapists. Method: We analyzed data from N = 4,849 patients who accessed cognitive–behavioral therapy in U.K. primary care services. The main outcome was posttreatment reliable and clinically significant...