Development of Psychotherapists: Concepts, Questions, and Methods of a Collaborative International Study

Measuring the Expertise of Paediatric Rehabilitation Therapists

“…It is also important to note that the novices in our study were not all new graduates; they had an average of 5.7 years in practice. In a study of nearly 3,800 psychotherapists at all career levels, Orlinsky et al (1999) found that 88-97% of the therapists rated their typical manner with clients as accepting, friendly, involved, and warm; this suggests that providing services in a family-centred manner is widespread and, therefore, not something that distinguishes novice from expert therapists.…”

“…In the field of psychotherapy, Orlinsky et al (1999) have developed a questionnaire (the Development of Psychotherapists Common Core Questionnaire), which contains internally consistent scales for measuring constructs such as therapeutic skills, motivation to develop, and the amount and type of professional training and experience. This questionnaire does not provide a means by which to classify therapists with respect to expertise level.…”

‘The power of being seen’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of how experienced counselling psychologists describe the meaning and significance of personal therapy in clinical practice

“…Orlinsky et al, 1999;Pope & Tabachnik, 1994;Rothery, 1992;Williams & Coyle, 1999;) and overall satisfaction with the experience (e.g. Macaskill & Macaskill, 1992;Norcross, Strasser-Kirtland, & Missar, 1988).…”

“Not a little Mickey Mouse thing”: How experienced counselling psychologists describe the significance of personal therapy in clinical practice and training. Some results from an interpretative phenomenological analysis

“…The research literature on personal therapy may be divided into four types of studies (Macran & Shapiro, 1998): surveys of therapist satisfaction with personal therapy (e.g., Orlinsky et al, 1999;Pope & Tabachnik, 1994); outcome studies, comparing therapeutic outcomes for therapists who have or have not received personal therapy (Sandell et al, 2006; for a review, see Macran & Shapiro, 1998); experimental outcome studies, examining therapist responses to analogue psychotherapeutic situations (e.g., McDevitt, 1987;Strupp, 1955Strupp, , 1973; and process studies, looking at within-session client-therapist interactions (e.g., Wogan & Norcross, 1985;Wheeler, 1991).…”