Therapist Effectiveness in the Presence of Client Shame

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan G. Mikesell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Therapist Effectiveness

Deliberate Practice Makes Perfect: Improving Therapist Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-01
Author(s):  
Keith Klostermann ◽  
Theresa Mignone ◽  
Emma Papagni
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Psychotherapy Outcomes ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dental Cavities ◽  
Therapist Effectiveness ◽  
Assessment Bias

Psychotherapy works. The results of numerous studies show that those individuals treated are better off than those not treated or on waitlists with an average effect size of .8 (Duncan et al., 2008). To put it in perspective, the effects of psychotherapy are equal to those found for coronary artery bypass surgery and 4 times greater than fluoride in the prevention dental cavities. Yet, three persistent problems plague the psychotherapy field: 1) clients drop out of therapy at alarming rates – almost half of clients decide not to continue and prematurely terminate; 2) not only do therapists not notice when clients are at risk for dropping out, they also do not detect when things are getting worse (approximately 10% of clients get worse after starting therapy); and 3) a small percentage of clients (10%) accounts for the largest amount of expenditures (Minami, 2008). This last finding may be the result of therapists not realizing when things are not working or getting worse and instead of changing course, doing more of what is not working, over and over again. Along these lines, most therapists do not have an accurate sense of their helpfulness and on average, overrate their effectiveness by 65% (Chow, 2014). Given the issues with retention, coupled with the self-assessment bias among therapists, it’s not surprising that psychotherapy outcomes have not appreciably improved over the past 40 years.

scholarly journals Therapist Effects and Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy

Open Theology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Len Sperry
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Psychotherapy Training ◽  
Therapist Effects ◽  
Spiritual Orientation ◽  
Therapist Effectiveness

AbstractResearch on therapist effectiveness (i.e., therapist effects) is important for spiritually oriented psychotherapy to mature and flourish as a specialty. Therapist effects are described and compared to treatment effects, and then a research-based profile of the effective therapist is sketched. This characterization is similar in both spiritually-oriented psychotherapy and secular psychotherapy, which has no spiritual orientation. The challenge for this specialty is for research to integrate both therapist effects and treatment effects to inform psychotherapy training. This discussion is framed within Alan Bergin‘s (1980) “hope“ that the psychotherapy profession would become more comprehensive and more effective.

Therapist effectiveness: Implications for accountability and patient care

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Kraus ◽  
Louis Castonguay ◽  
James F. Boswell ◽  
Samuel S. Nordberg ◽  
Jeffrey A. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Therapist Effectiveness

The myth of the safe space: Sexual orientation disparities in therapist effectiveness.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna M. Drinane ◽  
Tangela Roberts ◽  
Kate Winderman ◽  
Vanessa Frierson Freeman ◽  
Yu-Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Therapist Effectiveness
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