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Williams, Elizabeth; Polster, Devin; Grizzard, M. Brighid; Rockenbaugh, Jeff; Judge, Ann B.

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“…In particular, trainee therapists might experience higher levels of stress and have more “porous emotional boundaries” (Skovholt & Trotter-Mathison, 2011, p. 98) compared with experienced therapists. Williams et al (2003) also reported different affect regulation strategies between novice and experienced therapists. In addition, therapists may downregulate affect more effectively than other professionals (Pletzer, Sanchez, & Scheibe, 2015).…”

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“…In a follow-up study, Williams, Polster, Grizzard, Rockenbaugh, and Judge (2003) compared six novice and six experienced therapists. They found that novice therapists reported experiencing more anxiety, confusion, and self-criticism in sessions, whereas experienced therapists reported experiencing more boredom and outside distractions.…”

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Are you in the mood? Therapist affect and psychotherapy process.

Chui

Hill

Kline

et al. 2016

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Studies on therapist factors have mostly focused on therapist traits rather than states such as affect. Research related to therapist affect has often looked at therapist baseline well-being or therapist reactions, but not both. Fifteen therapists and 51 clients rated pre- and postsession affect, as well as postsession working alliance and session quality, for 1,172 sessions of individual psychotherapy at a community clinic. Therapists' affect became more positive when clients were initially positive and when clients became more positive over the session, and became more negative when clients were initially negative and when clients became more negative over the session. Furthermore, when therapists were initially positive in affect and when therapists became more positive over the session, clients rated the session quality to be high. Conversely, when therapists were initially negative in affect and when therapists became more negative over the session, clients rated the session quality and working alliance low. On open-ended questions, therapists reported mood shifts in 67% of sessions (63% positive, 50% negative). Positive affect change was attributed to collaborating with the client, perceiving the client to be engaged, or being a good therapist. Negative affect change was attributed to having a difficult client, perceiving the client to be in distress, or being a poor therapist. Thus, therapist state affect at presession and change in affect across a session may independently contribute to the process and outcome of therapy sessions. The examination of within-therapist variables over the course of therapy may further our understanding of therapist factors. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Section: Therapist Affect In Psychotherapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Are you in the mood? Therapist affect and psychotherapy process.

Chui

Hill

Kline

et al. 2016

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…How therapists learn to attend to their thoughts and feelings and use their affective responses should be a central factor in professional development. Novice therapists, even more than experienced practitioners, are uncomfortable with negative feelings toward clients (Brody & Farber, 1996), and respond differently to their negative reactions (Williams, Judge, Hill, & Hoffman, 1997;Williams, Polster, Grizzard, Rockenbaugh, & Judge, 2003). The need to destigmatize therapists' negative feelings toward clients should be addressed early in training.…”

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Therapist negative reactions: How to transform toxic experiences.

Wolf¹,

Goldfried²,

Muran³

2017

How and Why Are Some Therapists Better Than Others?: Understanding Therapist Effects.

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One of the psychotherapist's greatest challenges is maintaining a balance between professional standards and managing a range of personal emotional responses when working with clients. As therapists were people before they were professionals, they frequently struggle with feelings of anger, frustration, hatred, boredom, cynicism, indifference, blaming, power struggles, withdrawal, burnout, and other intense and unstable feelings. During the clinical hour, these very private feelings are unwanted, unpredictable, and run counter to their identity as professional and competent clinicians. As Freud (1933) confessed, "No one, who like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed" (p. 109). We argue in this chapter, however, that these negative feelings can be important

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A Theoretical Model of Common Process Factors in Youth and Family Therapy

Karver

Handelsman

Fields

et al. 2005

Ment Health Serv Res

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Recently there has been an increasing emphasis in the youth and family mental health treatment literature on the use of empirically supported treatments (ESTs). In contrast there has been scant attention paid to more universal aspects of the therapy process that may have even greater impact upon therapy outcomes. It is likely that the success of the techniques proposed by ESTs may depend on the presence of common process factors. In this article, the authors explore the status of common process factors research in the youth and family therapy literature, and propose a theoretical model linking specific therapeutic relationship variables and treatment outcomes for children and adolescents. This model is intended to guide synthesis of the empirical evidence for common process factors in youth and family treatment and to stimulate future research on common process factors.

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Cited by 27 publications

References 22 publications

Are you in the mood? Therapist affect and psychotherapy process.

Are you in the mood? Therapist affect and psychotherapy process.

Therapist negative reactions: How to transform toxic experiences.

A Theoretical Model of Common Process Factors in Youth and Family Therapy

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