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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN INVESTIGATING THE PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS’ PERFORMANCE
Ramona MOLDOVANRomanian Psychological Board, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abstract
Apparently, it is neither the type nor the length of education or psychotherapists’ clinical experience that are responsible for their performance. The present study is part of a larger research which aims at identifying the variables (emotions, cognitions, behaviors, personality traits) that predict psychotherapists’ performance in therapy. The main objective of this study is to assess psychotherapists’ personal variables and compare them with those identified in the general population. The study included 126 psychotherapists under supervision (psychologists and psychiatrists) in two Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training programs (Cognitive Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy). During the final stage of the training program, the psychotherapists under supervision filled in self-reported check-lists; psychotherapists’ personal variables were analyzed and compared with those of 122 participants from the general population. The possible implications of the results in predicting psychotherapists’ performance and their impact on psychotherapy training programs are also taken into consideration.
Keywords: psychotherapists’ performance, cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, psychotherapists’ personal variables.
Pages: 129-140
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