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Therapist Experience and “Style” as Factors in Co‐therapy
Author(s) -
RICE DAVID G.,
FEY WILLIAM F.,
KEPECS JOSEPH G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1972.00227.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , style (visual arts) , clinical psychology , archaeology , history
Self‐descriptions of general in‐therapy behavior, attitudes toward co‐therapy, and ratings of co‐therapy effectiveness were collected from 25 experienced (E) and 25 inexperienced (IE) therapists who treated a total of 48 married couples in co‐therapy. Major findings were: (a) six different therapeutic “styles” emerged via factor analysis of thetherapists' self‐descriptions of in‐therapy behavior, (b) E and IE therapists as a group had different personal therapeutic styles and preferences as to the style desired in a co‐therapist, (c) subjectively rated effectiveness of co‐therapy correlated with the degree of comfort felt by the therapist in the relationship and the acceptance by the co‐therapist, and (d) there was evidence of a “point of diminishing returns” in satisfaction for therapists in general, which came with increasing experience in doing co‐therapy.