The Role of Therapist Communication Style in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

Herschell, Amy D.; Capage, Laura; Bahl, Alisa B.; McNeil, Cheryl B.

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“…Previous research on therapist coaching in PCIT has used analogue methodology with nonclinical samples (e.g., Herschell et al, 2008; Shanley & Niec, 2010). This study furthered existing literature by (1) evaluating a clinical sample of families and (2) assessing actual therapist and parent behaviors during treatment sessions.…”

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“…To date, only one study has examined the impact of coaching style on parents’ skill acquisition. Findings suggest that parents acquire skills at a higher rate when coaching includes more constructive advice (e.g., “Be careful with those commands”) than positive feedback (e.g., “Great job praising him;” Herschell et al, 2008). …”

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“…Although coaching can lead to important parent outcomes, limited research explains what types of coaching are effective (Herschell, Capage, Bahl, & McNeil, 2008; Shanley & Niec, 2010). A valid and reliable behavioral observation measure of the therapist-parent interactions that occur during coaching is necessary to begin to address this goal (Snyder et al, 2006).…”

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“…However, little research has evaluated the extent to which therapists actually do these things or the types of coaching techniques that are most efficacious (Herschell et al, 2008; Shanley & Niec, 2010). Further, an established measure does not yet exist to evaluate what happens between therapists and parents during coaching.…”

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Assessing the Key to Effective Coaching in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy: The Therapist-Parent Interaction Coding System

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Niec

Acevedo-Polakovich

2013

J Psychopathol Behav Assess

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This paper describes the initial evaluation of the Therapist-Parent Interaction Coding System (TPICS), a measure of in vivo therapist coaching for the evidence-based behavioral parent training intervention, parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). Sixty-one video-recorded treatment sessions were coded with the TPICS to investigate (1) the variety of coaching techniques PCIT therapists use in the early stage of treatment, (2) whether parent skill-level guides a therapist’s coaching style and frequency, and (3) whether coaching mediates changes in parents’ skill levels from one session to the next. Results found that the TPICS captured a range of coaching techniques, and that parent skill-level prior to coaching did relate to therapists’ use of in vivo feedback. Therapists’ responsive coaching (e.g., praise to parents) was a partial mediator of change in parenting behavior from one session to the next for specific child-centered parenting skills; whereas directive coaching (e.g., modeling) did not relate to change. The TPICS demonstrates promise as a measure of coaching during PCIT with good reliability scores and initial evidence of construct validity.

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Assessing the Key to Effective Coaching in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy: The Therapist-Parent Interaction Coding System

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Niec

Acevedo-Polakovich

2013

J Psychopathol Behav Assess

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“…Therapist verbal behavior and communication styles (e.g., use of labeled praise) early in treatment have been shown to be related to family success in skill development and treatment completion (Harwood & Eyberg, 2004; Herschell, Capage, Bahl, & McNeil, 2008). In training, initial therapist attitudes have been shown to be related to their participation and satisfaction with varying levels of post-workshop training support and case enrollment for PCIT (Nelson, Shanley, Funderbunk, & Bard, 2012).…”

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Building an evidence-base for the training of evidence-based treatments in community settings: Use of an expert-informed approach

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Herschell

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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In order to make EBTs available to a large number of children and families, developers and expert therapists have used their experience and expertise to train community-based therapists in EBTs. Understanding current training practices of treatment experts may be one method for establishing best practices for training community-based therapists prior to comprehensive empirical examinations of training practices. A qualitative study was conducted using surveys and phone interviews to identify the specific procedures used by treatment experts to train and implement an evidence-based treatment in community settings. Twenty-three doctoral-level, clinical psychologists were identified to participate because of their expertise in conducting and training Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were completed by phone, later transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic coding. The de-identified data were coded by two independent qualitative data researchers and then compared for consistency of interpretation. The themes that emerged following the final coding were used to construct a training protocol to be empirically tested. The goal of this paper is to not only understand the current state of training practices for training therapists in a particular EBT, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, but to illustrate the use of expert opinion as the best available evidence in preparation for empirical evaluation.

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Research on PCIT

McNeil

Hembree-Kigin

2009

Issues in Clinical Child Psychology

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The Role of Therapist Communication Style in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

Cited by 18 publications

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Assessing the Key to Effective Coaching in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy: The Therapist-Parent Interaction Coding System

Assessing the Key to Effective Coaching in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy: The Therapist-Parent Interaction Coding System

Building an evidence-base for the training of evidence-based treatments in community settings: Use of an expert-informed approach

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