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An investigation of some relationships between psychotherapy supervision and patient change
Author(s) -
Steinhelber John,
Patterson Virginia,
Cliffe Karen,
Legoullon Marijean
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198411)40:6<1346::aid-jclp2270400612>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , supervisor , outcome (game theory) , clinical supervision , clinical psychology , mathematics , mathematical economics , political science , law
Psychotherapy supervision has been investigated extensively, but the literature reveals few controlled studies and none that directly assesses the effects of supervision on psychotherapy outcome. In this study, two aspects of psychotherapy supervision–the amount of supervision, and the congruence of theoretical orientation between the supervisor and trainee–were studied in relation to patient change as measured by pretherapy and follow‐up ratings on the Global Assessment Scale ( N = 237). Amount of supervision was not found to be related to therapy outcome, but patients showed significantly greater improvement when their trainee‐therapists reported theoretical orientations congruent with those of their supervisors.