How beginning counselors learn: The interaction of personal and professional experiences in counselors with an experiential orientation

Maruniaková, Lenka; Řiháček, Tomáš; Roubal, Jan

doi:10.1080/09515070.2016.1148013

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“…Fitzpatrick et al ., 2010; Najavits, 1997), and development of personal working style (e.g. Carlsson et al, 2011; Hill et al ., 1981; Maruniakova et al ., 2016). For instance, in a study on the professional development of beginning Gestalt counsellors (Maruniakova et al ., 2016) the authors indicated that personal aspects formed the core of the counsellors’ personal working style, which was further developed through a conscious reflection and cultivation of the counsellors’ personal qualities (e.g.…”

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“…Carlsson et al, 2011; Hill et al ., 1981; Maruniakova et al ., 2016). For instance, in a study on the professional development of beginning Gestalt counsellors (Maruniakova et al ., 2016) the authors indicated that personal aspects formed the core of the counsellors’ personal working style, which was further developed through a conscious reflection and cultivation of the counsellors’ personal qualities (e.g. strengthening their natural skills; utilization of personal experiences) and an adoption of new professional competencies (e.g.…”

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How beginning cognitive behavioural therapists develop professional confidence

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Řiháček

2018

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Evidence exists that the effectiveness of psychotherapy depends more on therapists’ variables than on their theoretical orientation or the techniques they use. Nevertheless, relatively little is known regarding the process of cognitive behavioural psychotherapists’ development. The purpose of the study was to explore how beginning cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) practitioners develop, considering various professional and personal influences. Eight in-depth interviews with beginning therapists were conducted, and the Grounded Theory Method was used for data analysis. The developmental process was conceptualized as Gaining Professional Confidence, and three phases of this process were identified: (1) Externally Based Confidence in CBT Methods, (2) Internalized Confidence in CBT Methods, and (3) Therapists’ Self-Confidence. The results indicate that trainees’ self-reflection on their personal qualities, values, attitudes and preferences should be given more attention in CBT training, as this plays a crucial role in their overall professional development.

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How beginning cognitive behavioural therapists develop professional confidence

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Řiháček

2018

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“…In the present study, we challenge the above-described assumptions of the medical model using the concept of a personal therapeutic approach (PTA) Maruniaková, Řiháček, & Roubal, 2017;Maruniaková & Řiháček, 2018) as it naturally appears in daily psychotherapy practice. We start from the position of seeing psychotherapy as a primarily interpersonal process in which the technique cannot be separated from the relationship, and the therapist participates in the process with his or her whole personality (e.g., Orlinsky & Rønnestad, 2005).…”

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“…Psychotherapy trainees are usually taught specific theories of change that they should apply to clients, and they also tend to adopt their trainers' beliefs about healthy functioning. In the initial stage of development, trainees tend to apply these theories to clients (Maruniaková, Řiháček, & Roubal, 2017;…”

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“…Psychotherapists tend to develop, either deliberately or unintentionally, individualized approaches that resonate with their personality, inclinations, and worldviews (Fernández-Alvarez, Gómez, & García, 2015;. These personal approaches are created from a blend of one's theoretical orientation, natural skills and abilities, personal history and experiences, accumulated professional experience, and their own experience in therapy (Maruniaková, Řiháček, & Roubal, 2017;Maruniaková & Řiháček, 2018). Indeed, it has been shown that the proportion of variance explained by differences among therapists is much higher than the proportion explained by differences among treatments (Baldwin & Imel, 2013).…”

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Personal therapeutic approach in Gestalt therapists working with clients suffering from medically unexplained psychosomatic symptoms

Roubal

Hytych

Čevelíček

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Treatment specificity and adherence to treatment manuals represent essential components of the medical model in psychotherapy. The model assumes that psychotherapists who work with the same type of clients and who identify with the same theoretical approach work very similarly. This study illustrates the shortcomings of that assumption and explores how therapists’ individuality forms and shapes their unique approaches that resonate with their own personalities, inclinations, and worldviews. Semi-structured interviews with eight Gestalt therapists working with clients who experienced medically unexplained physical symptoms were analysed using the grounded theory method. Considerable differences were found among the therapists within four domains of the personal therapeutic approach, namely Case Conceptualization, Therapeutic Task, Therapist’s Position, and Alternative Strategy. However, regardless of the differences, all the therapists endeavoured, either implicitly or explicitly, to convey to the clients what they considered to be healthy functioning. There is considerable diversity in the way therapists work even when they subscribe to the same psychotherapeutic approach and work with the same type of clients. The exploration of psychotherapists’ usual strategies, as well as the alternative strategies they use when their usual strategies do not work, appears helpful for capturing their personal therapeutic approaches.

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Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

Dee

Fernandez

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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Due to the stigma therapists‐in‐training face within the field owing to their woundedness, and the dearth of psychological literature on the healing of wounded healers (WHs), this study examined the healing journeys of nine Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as WHs. Narrative Identity framework was utilized to analyse the healing narratives gathered from nine semi‐structured interviews with therapists‐in‐training. Results focussed on the healing narratives and how these shaped the identity and development of these future practitioners. The healing narratives of therapists‐in‐training were generally composed of four chapters: (a) identifying the wounded‐client identity and its wounds, (b) entering the counselling field brings the emergence of the healer‐therapist identity, (c) nonlinearity of healing transforms into a fluid WH, and (d) continuing the healing journey. These never‐ending and nonlinear journeys shaped how therapists‐in‐training perceived and constructed or deconstructed their identification, with their dual identities influencing their practice. Additionally, their healing journeys contributed to their development as therapists who continue to heal from their woundedness. This study contributes to the literature regarding therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as WHs through the emphasised healing process. Moreover, this study may both lessen the stigma surrounding therapists‐in‐training's woundedness and help colleagues, educators, mentors and supervisors within the counselling field to better help trainees through the creation of open spaces, classes and training programmes that may help in enhancing their well‐being and utilising their woundedness to increase, rather than impair, their therapeutic ability.

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How beginning counselors learn: The interaction of personal and professional experiences in counselors with an experiential orientation

Cited by 9 publications

References 28 publications

How beginning cognitive behavioural therapists develop professional confidence

How beginning cognitive behavioural therapists develop professional confidence

Personal therapeutic approach in Gestalt therapists working with clients suffering from medically unexplained psychosomatic symptoms

Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

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