Trainee therapist personality and the rating of cognitive behavioural and dynamic interpersonal therapy processes

Therapist factors are generally thought to be important predictors of the capacity to understand and respond to clinical material. The current study aims to identify which features of personality and clinical symptomatology predict a trainee therapist's rating of cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic interpersonal processes in video recordings of these therapies.

Citation:
Lewis AJ, Locke V, Heritage B, Seddon S. Trainee therapist personality and the rating of cognitive behavioural and dynamic interpersonal therapy processes. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2022.

Keywords:
Clinical training; personality; psychological; therapist factors; therapy

Abstract:
Therapist factors are generally thought to be important predictors of the capacity to understand and respond to clinical material. The current study aims to identify which features of personality and clinical symptomatology predict a trainee therapist's rating of cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic interpersonal processes in video recordings of these therapies.