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"Old Dogs" and New Skills: How Clinician Characteristics Relate to Motivational Interviewing Skills before, during, and after Training
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Carpenter, Kenneth M.; Cheng, Wendy Y.; Smith, Jennifer L.; Brooks, Adam C.; Amrhein, Paul C.; Wain, R. Morgan; Nunes, Edward V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The relationships between the occupational, educational, and verbal-cognitive characteristics of health care professionals and their motivational interviewing (MI) skills before, during, and after training were investigated. Method: Fifty-eight community-based addiction clinicians (M = 42.1 years, SD = 10.0; 66% Female) were assessed…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Addictive Behavior, Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques
Psychotherapeutic Orientation and Training: Their Relation to the Practices of Clinical Psychologists
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Weissman, Herbert N.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
Past and present therapeutic orientations, amount and adequacy of training, areas of specialization, and work settings were examined. Results showed that training is most adequate for those who use psychodynamic approaches and least adequate for those who use techniques bearing on social, cultural, and environmental aspects of mental health.…
Descriptors: Methods, Professional Training, Psychologists, Psychotherapy
A Controlled Social Skills Training for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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O'Connor, Mary J.; Frankel, Fred; Paley, Blair; Schonfeld, Amy M.; Carpenter, Erika; Laugeson, Elizabeth A.; Marquardt, Renee – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have significant social skills deficits. The efficacy of a child friendship training (CFT) versus a delayed treatment control (DTC) was assessed for 100 children ages 6 to 12 years with FASD. Children in the CFT showed clear evidence of improvement in their knowledge of appropriate social…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Children, Behavior Problems, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Locus of Control and Discrimination Ability with Lay Counselors
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Martin, Roger D.; Shepel, Lawrence F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
It was hypothesized that structured training would cause an increase in the ability to discriminate helpful counseling conditions and a shift toward the internality dimension of locus of control. Results indicate that changes in counseling skill and personality orientation may be effected in very brief but structured training programs. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Discrimination Learning, Helping Relationship, Locus of Control
Supervision: Its Contributions to Treatment Efficacy.
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Holloway, Elizabeth; Neufeldt, Susan Allstetter – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Discusses supervisory efficacy in training psychotherapists as it relates to trainees' attitudes, beliefs, and skills; trainee's performance in the therapist role; interactional process events in supervision and psychotherapy; and client change. Addresses research gaps on the relation of therapist performance and client change to supervision and…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Training, Graduate Study
Graduate Training in Psychotherapy: Are Therapy Outcomes Enhanced?
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Stein, David M.; Lambert, Michael J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Reviews sources of indirect evidence supporting the value of graduate training in psychotherapy. Discusses training protocols that are known to enhance trainees' skills and summarizes a meta-analysis of therapy outcome studies involving within-study comparisons of psychotherapists of different levels of training and experience. Other research is…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Training, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Making a Case for Training in Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Increasing Treatment Efficacy.
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Yutrzenka, Barbara A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Argues for the inclusion of ethnic and cultural diversity in professional psychology training, particularly the impact of this training on treatment outcome. Reviews the empirical literature examining both the direct and indirect linkages between ethnic and cross-cultural training and outcome. Identifies limitations of this research. Contains over…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Training, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness