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Who plays the client? Collaborating with theater departments to enhance clinical psychology role‐play training exercises
Author(s) -
Pomerantz Andrew M.
Publication year - 2003
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/jclp.10079
Subject(s) - psychology , interview , motivational interviewing , applied psychology , medical education , psychotherapist , training (meteorology) , class (philosophy) , psychiatry , medicine , physics , artificial intelligence , meteorology , intervention (counseling) , political science , computer science , law
Abstract This article offers a description of a student‐active method of teaching clinical psychology applications, such as interviewing and psychotherapy, that involves collaboration between psychology and theater departments. Clinical psychology instructors recruit theater students to play the client roles in live dyads with the instructors or other students. These dyads may take place during or outside of class and may be videotaped for use in other educational settings. Practical and logistical issues are discussed, and empirical data are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 59: 363–368, 2003.