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Crameri, Aureliano, Tschuschke, Volker, Koemeda, Margit, Schulthess, Peter and von Wyl, Agnes (2020). The Therapists' Training and Their Attitudes Towards Therapy as Predictors of Therapeutic Interventions. J. Contemp. Psychother., 50 (1). S. 67 - 77. CHAM: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. ISSN 1573-3564

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Abstract

Previous results have demonstrated that psychotherapists working in a practice setting have a relatively low treatment adherence, regardless of the therapy school to which they were affiliated. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the therapist's attitudes in therapeutic matters are a better predictor of interventions employed than the therapeutic method in which the therapist was trained. The relationships between various types of psychotherapeutic intervention and both predictors were tested by means of Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations. A total of 162 therapy sessions conducted by 18 therapists affiliated to 6 different therapeutic methods were analyzed. The interventions were classified according to the criteria of essentiality and commonality. The analysis showed that 40% of the examined intervention types were significantly associated with at least one of the nine attitude scales considered, whereas only 14% exhibited a significant association with the completed type of therapy training. The latter predictor was only associated with interventions of the kind essential/not common, whereas the attitude scales were related with both essential and common interventions. The rather weak association between the type of completed training and preferred therapeutic intervention types means that many essential intervention techniques acquired during training assume a subordinate role in a practice setting. Choice of therapeutic action is conditioned to a greater extent by nuances in individual attitudes, which may change throughout a professional career. The reciprocal influence of a psychotherapist's attitude and his or her professional development is discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Crameri, Aureliano UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tschuschke, Volker UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koemeda, Margit UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schulthess, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED von Wyl, Agnes UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-343688
DOI:	10.1007/s10879-019-09421-y
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Contemp. Psychother.
Volume:	50
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 67 - 77
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
Place of Publication:	CHAM
ISSN:	1573-3564
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PSYCHOTHERAPISTS; SIMILARITIES; COUNSELORS; EXPERIENCE; ADHERENCE; FOCUS Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Psychoanalysis Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34368