The personality and cognitive‐epistemological traits of cognitive‐behavioural and psychoanalytic psychotherapists

Arthur, Andrew R.

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“…Ogunfowora and Drapeau (2008) found in their study of practitioner and student therapists that 'conscientiousness' predicted preference for CBT in both samples. This confirms previous research that showed that CBT therapists tend to be orderly, conscientious and efficient (Arthur, 2000(Arthur, , 2001Scragg, Bor, & Watts, 1999). Ogunforwora and Drapeau (2008) speculate that conscientious individuals may be drawn to the structured, goal-directed nature of CBT and in my case this rings true.…”

Section: Why I Am a Cbt Therapist: A Personal Journeysupporting

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The importance of choice in therapy: From the perspective of a, hopefully flexible, CBT practitioner

Dryden

2009

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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The main purpose of this paper is to present a personal account of my therapeutic journey and to show how my practice of CBT is informed not only by orientation-specific variables (e.g. emphases on 1) attitude; 2) perpetuation of disturbance as opposed to its acquisition; 3) specificity; 4) the development of client self-help skills; and 5) homework), but by more general, trans-theoretical variables (e.g. rooting therapy in the bonds, views, goals and tasks domains of the working alliance and dealing effectively with threats to this alliance). In doing so, I hope to show that when practised well CBT draws upon general principles that span different therapeutic approaches as well as on ideas specific to CBT.

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Section: Why I Am a Cbt Therapist: A Personal Journeysupporting

confidence: 88%

The importance of choice in therapy: From the perspective of a, hopefully flexible, CBT practitioner

Dryden

2009

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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“…This finding also supports the view that trainee counsellors have similar patterns of personality and choice of orientation to those of experience and fully qualified counsellors (Murdock et al, 1998;Arthur, 2000). It also indirectly supports the validity of psychological type theory.…”

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Psychological type and counselling psychology trainees’ choice of counselling orientation

Varlami

Bayne

2007

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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Clarifying the factors which influence choice of counselling orientation is important. This study investigated whether psychological type is associated with choice of orientation in counselling psychology trainees. Sets of questionnaires were sent to 210 counselling psychology trainees in four universities, which resulted in a sample of 84 participants. The measures were the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II and a short demographic questionnaire which also asked open-ended questions about chosen orientation. Participants who preferred SJ (Sensing-Judging) were more likely to choose the CBT model, NFJ (Intuition-Feeling-Judging) types the Psychodynamic model and NFPs (Intuition-Feeling-Perceiving) the Person-Centred model.

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“…Many other aspects of the therapist variables have been of interest to investigators: Studies researched factors like connections between therapist’s personal orientation, therapeutic style, and chosen therapy approach (Schacht and Black, 1985; Arthur, 2000, 2001; Poznanski and McLennan, 2003; Castañeiras et al, 2006; Klug et al, 2008; Heffler and Sandell, 2009; Taubner et al, 2010). The results were not completely consistent, partially due to the use of different measures.…”

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“…Only few studies have controlled for gender differences (Ogunfowora and Drapeau, 2008) or at least reported them. Using the Millon Index of Personality Styles (MIPS) (Millon et al, 1994), Arthur (2000) found 9 significant gender differences in 12 scales in a sample of 247 psychotherapists from the UK. Researching the Big Five in 162 Finnish substance abuse therapists, Saarnio (2010) found that the 119 females were friendlier and more open to experience than their 43 male colleagues.…”

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Personality Styles of German-Speaking Psychotherapists Differ from a Norm, and Male Psychotherapists Differ from Their Female Colleagues

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Variables pertaining to the person of the psychotherapist have been neglected in psychotherapy research for some time. Concerning personality in particular, however, research has mostly focused on its relation with the psychotherapist’s choice of method, or differences between the various major therapy approaches. That is, psychotherapists were compared to each other without specifying how exactly psychotherapists are in comparison to “ordinary people.” We wanted to know: Are there specific personality styles that distinguish psychotherapists from the norm? A sample of 1,027 psychotherapists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland filled out the short version of the Personality Style and Disorder Inventory (PSDI-S) via online survey. The PSDI-S is a self-report questionnaire that assesses 14 personality styles, partly related to the non-pathological equivalents of classifiable personality disorders. The psychotherapists were compared to a normative sample of 3,392 people of different professions. The results could be divided into three groups: (1) Large differences in four personality styles that might contribute to relationship skills and may enable psychotherapists to put their own personal opinion aside, show empathy and appreciation, open themselves to the emotional experience of the patient, and provide a trusting relationship. (2) Moderate differences in seven personality styles that are equally indicative of the professional social skills of the psychotherapists, i.e., they were neither submissive nor passive, not excessively helpful, but also not too self-assertive. (3) Hardly any or no differences regarding a charming (histrionic) style, optimism, and conscientiousness. Gender-specific results revealed that male psychotherapists differed from their female colleagues, but they did so differently than men and women in the normative sample do. The main limitations were that we relied on self-report and did not statistically control for gender, age, and education, when comparing to the norm. As a conclusion, German-speaking psychotherapists show personality styles that we interpret as functional for psychotherapeutic practice but this needs corroboration from studies that use different methods and measures.

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The personality and cognitive‐epistemological traits of cognitive‐behavioural and psychoanalytic psychotherapists

Cited by 52 publications

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The importance of choice in therapy: From the perspective of a, hopefully flexible, CBT practitioner

The importance of choice in therapy: From the perspective of a, hopefully flexible, CBT practitioner

Psychological type and counselling psychology trainees’ choice of counselling orientation

Personality Styles of German-Speaking Psychotherapists Differ from a Norm, and Male Psychotherapists Differ from Their Female Colleagues

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