Therapist Personal Agency: A Model for Examining the Training Context

Mutchler, Matthew S.; Anderson, Stephen A.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00198.x

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“…This includes looking at relational and familial patterns and circumstances involved in the creation and maintenance of these themes. Then they look at the trainees' themes in the context of their clinical work exploring the potential benefits and/or barriers a specific theme presents to their work with clients (Mutchler & Anderson, ). Prior to their presentations, the trainees are provided with a guide that includes questions designed to help them identify their signature themes (see Appendix A).…”

Section: The Signature Themementioning

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“If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room”: Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy

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Kissil

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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This study premises that self-of-the-therapist work is pivotal in the development of effective therapists. However, therapy models vary in their goals for this work and the means of accomplishing them. This study presents the perspective of the person-of-the-therapist Training (POTT) model that prioritizes the ability to consciously and purposefully use the self-as-is at the moment of contact with the client over the traditional goal of therapists working to resolve their issues. A key underlying assumption of the model proposes that therapists' core issues (referred to as "signature themes") are potent resources that can be tapped into to connect, assess and intervene effectively with clients. The study presents the model and illustrates the use of signature themes in clinical work.

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“If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room”: Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy

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Kissil

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…This study was designed to investigate the claim that counselors need specific training in sex counseling to discuss sexual issues. Most of the research on training psychotherapists in sex counseling was performed on marriage and family therapy programs (Dermer & Bachenberg, 2015;Harris & Hays, 2008;Humphrey, 2000;Mutcher & Anderson, 2010;Timm, 2009;Zamboni & Zaid, 2017). This shows that research is limited and should be expanded.…”

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Influence of a Group Supervision Program in Sex Therapy on Therapists’ Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Sexuality

Shafrir¹,

Balahur²

2022

PSYCH

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The present article investigated how psychotherapists' sense of self-efficacy and their attitudes toward their clients' sexuality change after a short-term supervision program. The study examined participants' expectations from the short-term supervision program and their attitudes after participation in the program. It was found that the intervention program influenced the therapists' self-efficacy and attitudes toward sex therapy. Religious and non-religious psychotherapists have different needs and emphasis is placed on the differences in the attitudes expressed by religious and non-religious therapists. Both groups of psychotherapists encounter issues considered to be taboo by society. However, they react differently to these issues. Supervision programs must therefore be adapted to the population of psychotherapists participating in the short-term supervision program. The present article suggests that the solution to psychotherapists' unwillingness to talk about sexuality is found in group sessions managed by supervisors. It is concluded that psychotherapists' interactions with group members and the supervisor provide them with opportunities to learn about their attitude toward their patients' sexuality as well as their own, and promotes their openness to this controversial subject in the process.

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“…The concept of human agency has been studied both in the domain of family therapy (Madsen, 2007;Mutchler & Anderson, 2010;Tomm, 1989;White & Epston, 1990) and in psychological research (Bandura, 2006;Deci & Ryan, 2002). Considered as an individual construct, human agency refers to the ontological nature of humans as intentional, selforganizing, proactive, self-regulating, and self-reflecting beings who actively contribute to their life circumstances (Bandura, 2001).…”

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Reconstructing a Sense of Relational Agency in Family Therapy

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Reijmers²,

Verhofstadt

et al. 2018

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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The concept of agency is relevant in family therapy. As family therapists we approach each family member as a full agent, which means that what each person thinks and feels, makes sense, and that each person contributes in a significant way to the construction of a relationship. A person's sense of relational agency is constructed in relationships through processes of relational influence. Thus, agency is a relational construct and is dependent on bidirectional transactions in a relationship. A person's sense of relational agency refers to the sense a person has about having an influence on another person, that this influence is significant for the other, makes a difference for the other, and contributes to the construction of the relationship. Many family members who enter therapy have lost their sense of relational agency. In this paper we discuss ideas how to reconstruct family members' sense of relational agency in therapeutic practice.

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Therapist Personal Agency: A Model for Examining the Training Context

Cited by 11 publications

References 59 publications

“If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room”: Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy

“If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room”: Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy

Influence of a Group Supervision Program in Sex Therapy on Therapists’ Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Sexuality

Reconstructing a Sense of Relational Agency in Family Therapy

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