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Mitchell, Christopher D. "Serious illness in the psychotherapist denial, disclosure and the therapeutic relationship : a review of the literature : dissertation [thesis] submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Health Science (Psychotherapy), Auckland University of Technology, 2004." Full thesis. Abstract, 2004.

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Favorite, Lisa Laurene. "Psychotherapists with psychiatric challenges an exploratory study of their transference, supports, and their professional identity development : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1033.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-80).

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Reupert, Andrea E. "The counsellor's self in therapy /." Access full text, 2004. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/thesis/public/adt-LTU20050404.161132/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- La Trobe University, 2004. Submitted to School of Educational Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LaTrobe University, Albury-Wodonga Campus.
Includes appendices. Bibliography: p. 189-210.

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Herskovitz-Kelner, Nora. "The influence of psychotherapists' mood, personality traits, and life events on clinical formulations and treatment recommendations." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39930.

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The present study implemented an experimental design to investigate the impact of psychotherapists' transient affective states (mood) on the formulation of client problem and on treatment recommendations. Moderating influence of personality traits and situational factors was also explored.
Thirty-two counseling interns participated in a between-subject experiment which compared the impact of 20 minutes of positive or negative mood inductions (achieved by exposure to a humorous or a conflictive film segment) upon their assessment of stimulus material consisting of a 20-minute segment of an initial counseling interview. Three measures were obtained prior to mood induction: (a) background information consisting of demographic data, theoretical orientation, and clinical experience, (b) the Life Events Report (LER) measuring level of satisfaction in various life areas and self-reported actual mood, and (c) the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) to define levels of Extraversion and Neuroticism. Immediately following mood induction a double mood check was obtained through rating of the film just watched, and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Finally, the Client Assessment Form (CAF) was administered immediately after exposure to the stimulus material in order to obtain an assessment of the client and ensuing treatment recommendations.
Although a series of univariate analyses of variance failed to reveal between-group differences, multivariate statistical tests showed significant differences relative to client assessment. Results indicated that mood and current life events accounted for a substantial percentage of the variance for the assessment variables considered. Findings suggest that negative mood (distressed) clinicians assess global severity in less serious terms than positive mood (nondistressed) clinicians. Clinicians reporting current negative life events (stressed clinicians) assess client problems in less serious terms than clinicians reporting current positive life events (nonstressed clinicians). Additionally, a post-hoc exploratory series of two-way univariate analyses of variance showed unexpected biasing effects of mood on the assessment produced by psychodynamicists relative to their humanist counterparts. Findings of this study support the main hypotheses in that they show significant differences in assessment ability attributable to clinicians' mood and current life events. In addition, post-hoc data analyses suggest that clinicians with certain theoretical approaches may be more sensitive to the biasing effects of mood than others.

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Lemire, Leanne Marie. "The undercover wounded healer the role of personal therapy in being a clinical social worker : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/993.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38).

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Richman, Alice E. "Therapist job satisfaction the match between patient level of functioning and therapist polytraition /." View full text, 2002.

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Duthiers, Linda Julie Liddle Becky J. "Countertransference awareness and therapists' use of personal therapy." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Summer/doctoral/DUTHIERS_LINDA_0.pdf.

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Smith, Justin. "Training supervisors and supervisor factors associated with positive supervision outcomes." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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McGinnis, Linda S. "From the perspectives of both the impact of the therapist's job on the relationship between therapists and their partners : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/999.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-50).

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O'Heron, Rhyannon Leah. "Pregnant queer clinicians an exploratory study of the countertransference experiences of queer clinicians during their first pregnancies : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1004.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75).

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Elliott, Emily Ettling. "The influence of psychotherapist personal trauma therapy experience on the therapeutic relationship with traumatized clients /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7671.

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Barnett, Sharon. "Self-of-the-white therapist exploring connection /." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009barnetts.pdf.

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Phalen, Lizanne Brickman. "The experience of spouses of psychotherapists." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1997. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/phalen_1997.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1997.
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Gresham, Haley. "PRACTICE PATTERNS OF EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/15.

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Modeled after Doherty & Simmons’ (1996) study on the practice patterns of marriage and family therapists, this project explored similar questions about equine assisted/facilitated psychotherapists who are members of two main certification organizations, EAGALA and PATH Intl. An Internet survey distributed to equine assisted/facilitated practitioners across the country explored demographic information of the clinician, their clients, and their typical work setting. Equine assisted/facilitated psychotherapy is a growing field and gaining an understanding of the current position of the field allows for growth in areas that are currently underdeveloped within this sector of the mental health field.

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McRae, Anastasia D. "A survey of clinicians' use of touch and body awareness in psychotherapy : a project based on independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5913.

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Hutchinson, Geoffrey. "Reactions of psychotherapists in training to religious questions." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2755/.

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This project investigated the spiritual well-being (SWB) of psychotherapists in training and their physiological reactions to religious questions posed by a mock client. Electrodermal activity served as an index of physiological arousal interpreted as anxiety. Thirteen psychotherapists in training at the University of North Texas were recruited. They participated in a simulated intake session with a mock client who asked the psychotherapist neutral questions, personal-other questions (POQs), and personal-religious questions (PRQs). It was discovered that the level of SWB did not affect subjects' anxiety responses to PRQs. There also was no difference in subjects' anxiety responses for POQs between high and low SWB therapists. However, psychotherapists did experience some anxiety associated with questions related to their counseling experience and expertise.

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Radeke, JoAnn Taylor. "Comparing the Personal Lives of Psychotherapists and Research Psychologists." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278005/.

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Although the personal life of the therapist has been a topic of interest for nearly sixty years there is still a paucity of research in this area. There is also a lack of research into the personal lives of researcher psychologists. In this study 282 psychologists (151 researchers and 131 therapists) who attended regional meetings and seminars sponsored by professional psychological associations in Texas were sampled. Job stressors, personal problems and health concerns, relaxation techniques, life satisfaction, and work impact on personal life were some of the areas examined. The most important stressors associated with research were excessive teaching responsibilities, pressures associated with funding and lack of time for a personal life. For therapists the most important stressors associated with work were suicide attempts by clients, clients showing resistance, and clients being angry. Therapists reported more concerns related to anxiety, depression, and family problems than researchers. Both groups chose exercise/sports and movies/television as their most common methods for relaxation. Therapists were three times more likely to have been in therapy than researchers and once in therapy reported six times the number of hours. Researchers reported less childhood abuse than therapists. However, therapists were more satisfied with their current life, indicating having good friends and liking where they lived more than researchers. Therapists were also more likely to feel that their work had impacted their lives and that these benefits were mostly positive. The array of positive benefits ranged from being a better person to enjoying life more. Overall, results showed that, although therapists generally began life in less happy circumstances, and experienced greater personal problems and health concerns currently, they reported feeling more satisfied with their lives than researchers.

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Patel, Pratik U. "Vicissitudes of Transformative Development in Neophyte Psychotherapists." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10006576.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the evolution of the self in the context of becoming a psychotherapist. The subjective experiences of neophyte psychotherapists in their development toward the establishment of an integrated therapist identity were examined. Furthermore, the participants’ unique experiences of transformative change during their initial clinical encounters were analyzed for the purpose of addressing how the trainee moves through the variously proposed models of therapist identity development. Interpretive phenomenological analysis provided the ability to analyze the detailed recall of 6 participants’ subjective experiences via an open-ended, semistructured interview. First encounters with new patients, learning to manage the emotional interplay with patients, gaining confidence and self-awareness, presenting authentically with patients, personal upbringing, and the experience of a shift in their identity as a psychotherapist remained the generalized areas of focus. The reported anxieties related to the need to be a savior paralleling familial roles with possible failure. The movement through this coincided with a shift in what it means to be a therapist along with an increased sense of self-awareness, giving way to the possibility of presenting authentically with patients. Personal virtues acting as insulators in the face of overwhelming anxiety were seen as contributors to moving toward an integration of personal and professional identities. Finally, the implications of the findings and the impact of the insights gained were examined in regard to optimizing training and supervision of neophyte psychotherapists in an effort to increase quality of services provided.

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Honda, Kirk. "Seasoned Psychotherapists' Experience of Difficult Clinical Moments." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1407265327.

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LAFFERTY, PATRICIA. "DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MORE AND LESS EFFECTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPISTS: A STUDY OF SELECT THERAPIST VARIABLES." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184243.

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This study examined differences between more and less effective trainee psychotherapists. Trainee therapists were assigned to one of two groups depending on whether their patients' mean change in symptomatology indicated more or less improvement over the course of therapy. Differences between these two therapist groups were examined on a select number of therapist variables that previous research has found to relate to therapy outcome. These variables included: therapist emotional adjustment, relationship skills, ability to elicit patient involvement, credibility, directiveness, and theoretical orientation variables. The variables which were found to be most effective in differentiating between the two groups were specific to the therapy process. The most discriminating variable was the therapist relationship skill of empathic understanding. That is, less effective therapists were revealed to manifest lower levels of empathic understanding, as measured by their patients' perceptions of feeling understood. Next, less effective therapists were distinguished by their own perceptions of their patients as more involved in the therapy process and of themselves as providing more direction and support to patients. A preliminary examination of differences in the value systems of more and less effective psychotherapists was conducted with the use of the Rokeach Value Survey. This revealed that the less effective therapists valued their own prosperity and stimulation significantly more than more effective therapists did, and valued their intellectual development significantly less than more effective therapists did. These findings of value differences between more and less effective therapists merit further investigation. Overall, the present findings with regard to the differences in relationship skills manifest by more and less effective psychotherapists are consistent with previous findings. The findings which suggest that less effective therapists may also manifest: (1) a more general discomfort with affect (2) idiosyncratic perceptions of the therapy process, and (3) a discriminant pattern of values, require further investigation.

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Macaskie, Jane Frances. "Transcending polarities : counsellors' and psychotherapists' experiences of transformation." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7239/.

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This study of therapists’ experiences of transformation arose from reflections on the longing for change which motivates many clients to seek therapy and draws many therapists to the profession of counselling/psychotherapy. Therapy research typically focuses on outcomes and change processes, but the nature of transformational experiences, particularly for therapists, is not well documented. The aim of this study was to investigate therapists’ experiences of personal and professional transformation, including my own. It therefore involved a personal quest for individuation. An autoethnographic account of the parallel research and individuation processes is interwoven with a dialogical analysis of research conversations with seven experienced counsellors/psychotherapists. The initial conversations were video-recorded and an adaptation of Interpersonal Process Recall was used to facilitate joint discussion of the recordings. Selected key moments were analysed dialogically. My experience as researcher was documented by recording dreams, drawing and reflexive writing. These artefacts provided data for the autoethnographic account. Psychotherapy theories and practices, particularly Jung’s (1960) concept of the collective unconscious and method of active imagination, offered a lens through which the data were viewed. The study demonstrated that transformational experience often required an intersubjective relationship to enable shifts in perspective or new ways of being. Dynamic relational processes therefore became significant elements of transformation. The research conversations demonstrated processes facilitative of transformation as well as resistance. Building on Stern’s (2004) concept of moments of meeting, the study suggests the significance for lasting change of additional intersubjective events identified as moments of not-meeting, reflective moments of meeting and shared interest focus. Elements contributing to transformation were identified as firstly the connection of thinking with feeling and secondly reflection on the connection within a relational matrix, leading to integration and potentially to transformative action. The nature of transformational experience was found to involve transcending polarised states or positions, enabling movement towards a third perspective. The antithesis of transformation, referred to here as –T, was noted in some professional contexts. The implications for therapeutic practice and other relational settings, and for therapy education, research and the professional social context, are discussed.

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Tomczyk, Daniel A. "The Perceptions of Psychotherapists-in-Training regarding People who Stutter versus Normally Fluent Speakers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4682/.

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It has been shown repeatedly that many people hold personality stereotypes of stutterers. The attitudes of psychotherapists regarding stutterers have never been investigated. The present investigation assessed the degree to which psychotherapists-in-training hold stereotypes of stutterers as compared to normally fluent speakers. Two groups viewed a videotaped vignette of a male. In one, the male interviewee displayed stuttering behaviors. In the other, the same male spoke fluently. Participants then rated the male interviewee on several personality dimensions. Contrary to previous findings, the group viewing the stuttering interviewee rated him no differently than did the group viewing the fluent interviewee. Greater knowledge of stuttering was associated with more positive ratings of the person who stuttered. The clinical and research implications of these findings are then discussed.

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Dattilo, GinaMarie. "The role of attachment style on clinician self-efficacy & empathy." View full text, 2005.

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Thomas, Molly Caitlin. "Shades of grey : lesbian therapists explore the complexities of self-disclosure to heterosexual clients : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5936.

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Nabal, Venessa. "Living the theory : an enquiry into the development of a psychotherapist in training." Diss., Pretoria [S.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02032010-175633/.

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Warner, Paige. "The role of perceived gender-related personality traits in initial supervisory relationships /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924939.

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Kline, Dana L. "Contextualizing Transformation| Initiation Dreams of Depth Psychotherapists-in-Training." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1692045.

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This thesis explores how the depth psychotherapist can experience a sacred passage of initiation in the context of archetypal dreams. It examines the intersections of meaning making in alchemical and mythological dream imagery and the numinous experience of initiation. It explores C. G. Jung’s individuation process and whether identifying dream images as archetypal wounds can deepen the psychotherapist–client therapeutic relationship. Using hermeneutic and heuristic methodology, this research uses a comparative analytical lens and the author’s personal process of tracking two archetypal dreams that coincide with the author’s answer to the soul’s calling to depth psychology and the first phase of seeing psychotherapy clients in graduate training. Honoring the unconscious as a map for psychological complexes, emotional states, unexpressed narratives, and symbols of both the personal and collective, the author expands upon an ancient way of honoring the death and rebirth of an individual in a transformative state of growth.

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Muzzarelli, Toni. "Should Psychotherapists Disclose Their Religion and Religiosity to Clients?" Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10807788.

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Very little research has analyzed the conjunction of religion and self-disclosure. Following the previous research conducted by Gregory II, Pomerantz, Pettibone, and Segrist (2008), in which results showed that participants were more willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified with one of three major religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), as opposed to a psychologist who identified as an atheist, this study also aimed to focus on the impact of a therapist’s religion on prospective clients. While remaining true to the previous study, this experiment not only looked to expose the client’s preference towards therapists’ religion, it equally accounted for the degree of devotion to said religion influencing the client’s choice of therapy. Results concluded that different from that of the Gregory et al., (2008) study, participants were just as willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified as atheist as they were from a psychologist who identified with one of the three major religions, regardless of participant religiosity or the religiosity of the therapist. Implications of these findings suggest that regardless of psychologists’ religion or religiosity, self-disclosure of such is of no significance.

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DiScala, Kristine L. "Occupational experiences of counseling center psychotherapists : a qualitative study /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1597608911&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Land, Crea M. "Envy amongst psychotherapists in a psychotherapeutic community a hermeneutic inquiry : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science at the Auckland University of Technology." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005.

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Bissell, Leslie D. "Therapists say goodbye an exploration of therapeutic termination from the perspective of the therapist /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Carli, Amalia Elsa Maria. "How do Psychotherapists Understand, Navigate, Experience and Integrate Spirituality in their Professional Encounters with Clients?- A qualitative study with fifteen Western European psychotherapists." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668807.

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Aquest és un estudi qualitatiu de com 15 psicoterapeutes d’Europa occidental entenen i aborden l’espiritualitat en psicoterapia, fonamentat en perspectives postmodernes i social construccionistes, implementant col·laborativitat i reflexivitat. Els resultats han estat generats amb entrevistes qualitatives semi-estructurades, i s’ha analitzat temàticament, suggerint una comprensió de l’espiritualitat com aconfessional i fluida. Independentment de la seva formació terapèutica les intervencions clíniques semblessin implementades des de perspectives humanistes i heurístiques validant valors i experiències del client. Diferències religioses i culturals no semblen haver determinat les perspectives espirituals dels participants. Els resultats generats confirmen que espiritualitat és un concepte acceptat i utilitzat per psicoterapeutes i clients, en línia amb altres estudis. Es recomana una actualització dels programes de formació psicoterapèutica amb inclusió de temes espirituals, religiosos i existencials, i consideració del paradigma no-materialista, que reconeix experiències personals com a font de coneixement. Es discuteixen temes de poder que exclouen l’espiritualitat del treball psicoterapèutic.
Este es un estudio cualitativo de cómo 15 psicoterapeutas de Europa occidental entienden y abordan la espiritualidad en psicoterapia, fundamentado en perspectivas postmodernas y social construccionistas, implementando colaboratividad y reflexividad. Los resultados se generaron a través de entrevistas cualitativas semi-estructuradas, y se analizaron temáticamente, sugiriendo una comprensión de la espiritualidad como aconfesional y fluída. Independientemente de su formación terapéutica las intervenciones clínicas se implementaron desde perspectivas humanistas y heurísticas validando valores y experiencias del cliente. Diferencias religiosas y culturales no parecen haber determinado las perspectivas espirituales de los participantes. Los resultados generados confirman que espiritualidad es un concepto aceptado y utilizado por psicoterapeutas y clientes, en línea con otros estudios. Se recomienda una actualización de los programas de formación psicoterapéutica con inclusión de temas espirituales, religiosos y existenciales, y consideración del paradigma no-materialista, que reconoce experiencias personales como fuente de conocimiento. Se discuten temas de poder que excluyen la espiritualidad del trabajo psicoterapéutico.
This dissertation addresses how psychotherapists understand, navigate, experience and integrate spirituality in psychotherapy. Postmodern and social constructionist views underpin the qualitative approach implemented collaboratively and reflexively. A purposive sample of 15 Western European psychotherapists was approached using semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analyzed inductively by way of thematic analysis. Besides a Roman Catholic priest and psychologist, all other participants conveyed an open, fluid and non-religious spirituality integrating different perspectives and traditions. Spiritual themes where approached from a client centered, humanistic perspective independent from the participants` original psychotherapy training. Differences in the participants` religious and cultural background did not seem to be determinant of the clinicians` views or interventions which seem to integrate different clinical approaches in a heuristic manner. The generated findings suggest psychotherapists understand spirituality as a valid construct, independent from religion, in keeping with other studies. It is recommended an updating of training programs for psychotherapists including relevant spiritual, existential and religious themes, considering a non-materialistic scientific paradigm and acknowledging personal experiences as a source of spiritual knowledge. Power issues in the exclusion of spirituality in psychotherapy are discussed.

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Bu, Shaofan. "A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Exploration of Psychotherapists’ Practice of Mindful Acceptance." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31808.

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The aim of this study was to explore psychotherapists‘ practice of mindful acceptance. I employed the hermeneutic phenomenological approach with the intention of creating thick descriptions of how mindful acceptance is performed in therapy sessions with clients by psychotherapists with backgrounds in mindfulness. The findings for this study came from a variety of sources including, pre-interview questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, field notes, and feedback from member checks with participants. The results pointed to four themes: 1) recognizing, 2) allowing, 3) befriending, and 4) accepting self and others. The participants‘ practice of mindful acceptance was facilitated by various psychological processes including 1) decentering, 2) exposure, 3) emotion regulation, 4) self-acceptance, and 5) compassion. In their descriptions of mindful acceptance, the participants were able to simultaneously demonstrate acceptance of their internal processes and acceptance of their clients. The participants‘ accounts suggest that intrapersonal and interpersonal processes of acceptance are one and the same and that, in effect, to accept ourselves is to accept others. This study, in a context-specific way, provides accounts of how acceptance of clients can be done. The results of this study have implications for future therapist training and as well as therapist self-care.

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Borghesani, Olya. "Exploring psychotherapists\' spirituality: Influence of the Internal Family Systems model." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51143.

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This qualitative study used grounded theory to understand the influence of the Internal Family Systems ("IFS") model on psychotherapists\' spirituality and the way they address spirituality in their clinical practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten psychotherapists practicing IFS model and the data were analyzed using open, axial and selective coding. Themes were organized around the two areas of inquiry in the study. Limitations of this study as well as future research and clinical implications are also discussed.
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Russell, Mercy Burton. "Psychotherapists Becoming Leadership Consultants: The Making of an Institutional Entrepreneur." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2016. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/584.

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ABSTRACT Leadership consultants bring specialized knowledge into their clients' organizations. Advisor leadership consultants (ALC) trained as psychotherapists apply concepts from human behavior theories as advisors to business leaders. They also bring service-oriented professional norms and values of objectivity, neutrality, and lack of self-interest. Their business clients in the market sector operate according to norms and values of pragmatism, financial self-interest, and advocacy. In order to establish credibility in the organizational field of business clients, leadership consultants must negotiate between these different value systems. This study is a grounded theory inquiry using narrative analysis tools to study how ALCs navigate across the boundaries of psychotherapy practice and consultation in the corporate setting. How do they describe their practice choices as well as the principles and theoretical framework underlying those choices? In-depth interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 10 leadership consultants credentialed and experienced as psychotherapists. A snowball method of participant recruitment from my social and professional network yielded a group of 10 ALCs aged 50 to 86. Each of these ALCs entered their careers with a predisposition for business from their families. They each experienced significant loss in early life and followed divergent educational and career pathways. They have built their leadership consulting practices accepting business practices to gain access to clients while incorporating important relationship principles. As institutional entrepreneurs, they managed conflict with values in both the service and the marketplace sectors through innovative therapy, consulting and business practices.

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Dietrich, Jenniffer. "Secondary traumatic stress in psychotherapists working with survivors of violence." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB10976095.

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Vasilj, Igor. "EVALUATING THE ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION AMONG PSYCHOTHERAPISTS." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/66.

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Exercise has been shown to improve mood, anxiety, stress, and promote neuroplasticity (Conn, 2010; Donaghy, 2007; Josefsson, Lindwall, & Archer, 2014; Silveria et al., 2013; Stathopoulou et al., 2006). However, limited research on the topic suggests that many psychologists and mental health providers are not incorporating exercise into psychological treatment, and many lack the confidence to do so (Burton, Pakenham, & Brown, 2010; Weir, 2011). The purpose of this study was to evaluate current exercise prescription trends among practicing psychologists and trainees, including identifying their current beliefs, attitudes, training, and the perceived barriers hindering psychotherapists from recommending and prescribing exercise. Psychologists and trainees (N = 146), completed the Exercise in Mental Illness Questionnaire – Health Practitioner Version (EMIQ-HP). Results revealed: a) 40.4% (n = 59) of psychotherapists prescribed exercise only occasionally and recommended clients exercise “most days of the week,” at moderate intensity; b) older psychotherapists’ (t[163] = -2.15, p = .038) and trainees further along in training (t[163] = 2.26, p = .029)were both more likely to prescribe exercise (F[9, 36] = 9.27, p = .011, R2= .42); c) exercise habits of respondents were not significant predictors of exercise prescription; d) a small number of respondents (22.6%; n = 33) reported previous formal training in exercise prescription; and formal training (β = .39, p < .001) was positively correlated with exercise prescription [F(1, 144) = 26.99, p < .001, R2= .16]; and e) therapist barriers (β = -.39, p < .001; e.g., “Prescribing exercise to people with a mental illness is not part of my job…I do not know how to prescribe exercise to people with a mental illness…I don’t believe exercise will help people with a mental illness,” etc.) were inversely related with exercise prescription, F[2, 145] = 27.03, p < .001; R2= .27. In conclusion, psychotherapists’ age, year in graduate school (for trainees; n = 55), and formal training in exercise prescription were significant predictors of exercise prescription, while higher perceived therapist barriers to exercise prescription hinder prescription practices. Study findings, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

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van, der Ryst L. "Towards developing a Teddy Bear Therapy Training Programme for Psychotherapists." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/681.

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Thesis(MSc (Clinical Psychology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2012.
Teddy Bear Therapy is a specialised type of intervention which calls for effective training oftherapists interested in conducting Teddy Bear Therapy. However, no structured training programme for psychotherapists in this child therapy exists to this date. The current study therefore developed a training programme for psychotherapists in Teddy Bear Therapy. The investigation was done by using a qualitative, descriptive research design. This allowed for a systematic description of the nature of child psychotherapy training programmes by means of a narrative literature review. From the literature review, questions were derived to be used in semi-structured interviews with three clinical psychologists. The data obtained from the interviews were analysed and common themes identified. These findings were combined with the data obtained from the literature review. This integration resulted ina training programme in Teddy Bear Therapy. The training programme incorporates theoretical as well as experiential learning. The programme outline provides the facilitator with clear instructions as to what each session's objectives and tasks are. The trainee is provided with a manual that firstly provides background information necessary to understand the application of Teddy Bear Therapy. Secondly, the manual provides specific information on the development and process of Teddy Bear Therapy. The trainee must work through the manual, do exercises, take part in discussions or prepare readings whenever indicated to do so by the facilitator. In spite of the contribution which the training programme and its manual can make to the South African context, it is limited to the theoretical framework of a dissertation and has not yet been implemented or empirically tested.

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Fraser, Niccy. "Students' stories of self case study while learning cognitive therapy a New Zealand narrative study : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health and Environmental Science at Auckland University of Technology, 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/451.

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Thesis (MHSc--Health Science) -- AUT University, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (viii, 200 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 616.89142500711 FRA)

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Banli, Pala Muge. "The Evaluation Of Psychotherapists In Movies In Terms Of Emotional Intelligence." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611156/index.pdf.

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The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of psychotherapists&rsquo
Emotional Intelligence (EI) on adolescent patients&rsquo
perceptions about psychotherapists&rsquo
success and on adolescent patients&rsquo
preference about psychotherapists to consult. In order to examine EI level of psychotherapists who are represented in selected movies, the Scale for Evaluating Psychotherapist&rsquo
s Emotional Intelligence was created for specific to this study. 50 high school students aged between 16 and 18 were participated in the study. The participants watched two movies of which one is representing high EI psychotherapist and the other representing low EI psychotherapist. Then they completed the Scale for Evaluating Psychotherapist&rsquo
s Emotional Intelligence for each movie. Since the experimental group sample size was small, non-parametric tests were conducted in data analysis. According to results, adolescents evaluated high EI psychotherapist as more successful than the one who has low EI. Accordingly, adolescents preferred to consult high EI psychotherapist when needed rather than the one who has low EI.

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Laidlaw, Christine. "Therapist metamorphosis : beginner and experienced psychotherapists' journeys of professional therapeutic development." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1007912.

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This research aimed to trace the development of psychologists as therapists within a South African context. Two distinct career levels were explored in relation to a competency model, a skills development model, and a developmental phase model of psychotherapists' professional development. Through purposive sampling five intern psychologists and six registered psychologists with at least seven years post-qualification client contact were selected according to the inclusion criteria of the study. Through semi-structured interviews, couched in the social constructionist position, the participants' experiences were thematically analysed. In addition, the researcher's own personal journey of developing as a psychotherapist was reflected upon. The current research study found that a number of aspects fostered the development of psychotherapists. Across the two career levels the life experiences of participants particularly featured events that were personally wounding or placed the participant in the helper role. The theoretical orientation(s) of participants were voiced as influential in their development, yet the ability to adjust their theoretical orientation to clients' needs was of overriding importance. Participants emphasised forming a strong therapeutic relationship with clients as the centrepiece of psychotherapy and depicted the therapeutic process using diverse metaphors. No key differences in use of metaphors emerged between intern and established psychologists. Catalysts for professional growth included personal therapy, "unforgettable cases", group supervision and, in the case of established psychologists, continuing professional development workshops. xiii Shifts in competency were recognised by intern psychologists as they gained more experience, namely, dissolution of naivety, a decrease in anxiety regarding their clinical work, a greater flexibility in the therapeutic process, a decreased sense of inappropriate responsibility for clients' progress, and an ongoing process of negotiating the interface of their personal and professional lives. Established psychologists spoke of having gained more confidence through their years of practice and yet experienced moments of anxiety which they found fostered humility. Limitations of the study and potential future research directions were outlined.

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Fleming, Anna. "Child psychotherapists' fantasies about working with 'cultural difference' : a psychosocial exploration." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2017. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/293/.

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Child psychotherapists regularly find themselves working across ‘cultural difference’, yet this is given little thought in trainings, be it in supervision, teaching or in the training analysis. A growing body of literature in the psychotherapy professions emphasises the great anxiety provoked by ‘cultural difference’ and ensuing defences that are ordinarily employed by the individual; this literature identifies an urgent need for psychotherapists to find more consistently thoughtful ways to engage with issues of race, culture and social class differences. Using Bourdieu’s concept of ‘habitus’ to build a working definition of ‘cultural difference’ and a psychosocial methodology, I interviewed eight child psychotherapists to ask what fantasies about working with ‘cultural difference’ we might hold. Thematic analysis identified two fantasy structures: ‘difference as dangerous’, in which ‘cultural difference’ is variously associated with all kinds of badness, including sexual perversion, violence, child abuse, neglect and shame; and ‘the profession in peril’, in which it was felt that the child psychotherapy profession is threatened by ‘cultural differences’, both from without and from within. Discourse analysis examined two further fantasies: ‘neutrality’ in the therapist, in which the therapist is imagined to transcend ‘cultural difference’; and ‘the location of difference’, in which it was imagined that one person in a pairing contained all the ‘difference’ and its negative associations, while the other is felt to be ‘normal’. These four fantasies show how powerful projections are able to enter the consulting room. There is an urgent need for the child psychotherapy profession to give thought to ‘cultural difference’ in order to avoid reproducing prejudiced stances; this becomes imperative as issues of ‘cultural difference’ become more politically explosive. ‘Cultural difference’ was found to be a ‘slippery’ term, which carries different meanings at different times.

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Miller, Brian C. "Characteristics of Psychotherapists who are Passionately Committed to Public Mental Health." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1119926959.

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Miller, Brian. "Characteristics of psychotherapists who are passionately committed to public mental health." online version, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1119926959.

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Hickman, Susan Mary. "Shared understandings? : the interface between systemic psychotherapists and the family courts." Thesis, University of East London, 2013. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4071/.

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This qualitative research set out to explore how far understanding is shared between systemic psychotherapists who write expert reports for family courts and the judges who receive them, with particular reference to various concepts involved in the process such as truth, objectivity and expertise itself. Data obtained from semi-structured interviews with systemic “experts” and family judges was analysed using Grounded Theory. In response to ideas emerging from initial interviews, the focus broadened to consider how, despite the potential advantages of a relational approach to this working context, the possibility of these benefits being delivered by the involvement of systemic psychotherapists remained “invisible” to judges. Different beliefs were identified around the idea of being able to assess openness to change without actually introducing change. The complexity of cases and the responsibility of making hugely significant decisions about children and families were seen to require family judges to be more “interventive” than judges in other areas of law, and systemic experts to be more “certain” than in other contexts. The values, beliefs and sources of knowledge which inform the ways in which experts and judges reconcile those challenges and tensions within the context of a rapidly changing family justice system were compared. Some ideas were generated both about ways of supporting and enhancing these professional roles, and about implications for practice.

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Wyman, Alyssa Jayne. "Clinician gender as a factor of countertransference in the treatment of clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5948.

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Koehler, Gregory C. (Gregory Charles). "The Effects of an Experimentally-Induced Bodily Focus Experience on a Psychotherapist during a Psychotherapy Session." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277712/.

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The purpose of this study is to contribute to the current process research by investigating a psychotherapist's experience during psychotherapy. Massage therapy and relaxation therapy were used to manipulate psychotherapist's bodily focus, physiology, and affective state. Topics discussed include: the bodily focus of the therapist, neurobiological models of experience, mind-body boundary issues, and a present-time focus. Doctoral level Counseling and Clinical graduate students were used as participants.

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Ryan, Kay. "Stepping through different realities a phenomenological hermeneutic study of psychotherapists' spiritual experience : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Health Science, 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://repositoryaut.lconz.ac.nz/theses/1372/.

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Ogunfowora, Babatunde O. "A study on the relationship between psychotherapists' personality profiles and their theoretical orientation preferences /." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98563.

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This study explored the relationship between psychotherapists' personality and choice of theoretical orientation. A total of 493 participants (274 practitioners and 219 students) completed a web-based survey. Personality was assessed using the HEXACO Personality Inventory (HEXACO-PI; Lee & Ashton, 2004) while theoretical orientation preference was assessed using a modified version of the Theoretical Orientation Profile Scale-Revised (TOPS-R; Worthington & Dillon, 2003). In the practitioner sample, the Humanistic/Existential scale was found to be significantly correlated with the Openness Unconventionality scale (r = .34). Results further revealed that practitioners' theoretical orientation preference differed based on the Conscientiousness and Openness personality dimensions. In the student sample, the cognitive-behavioural orientation was significantly correlated with Conscientiousness ( r = .37) and the Conscientiousness Prudence facet scale (r =.36). The humanistic/existential scale was significantly related to Openness ( r = .34) and the Openness Creativity subscale (r = .35). Results further indicated that students' theoretical orientation preferences were different based on the Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness personality dimensions. Lastly, results showed that students' theoretical orientation preferences were significantly related to their supervisors'. Implications for future research, training, and practice are discussed.

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Thurber, Shawn L. "The effects of direct supervision on therapist behavior : an initial functional analysis /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd739.pdf.

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