Becoming Better Psychotherapists
Advancing Training and Supervision

Louis Castonguay (Edited by), Clara E. Hill (Edited by)

9781433836756

Paperback / softback, published 1 August 2023

408 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.766 kg

For decades, we have been bamboozled by research that indicates training, supervision, and practice do not discernibly impact psychotherapy outcome. This book dispels that myth, corrects the research record, highlights the value of clinical training and supervision, and offers innovative ways to enhance training and its scientific study. The best book on psychotherapy training and supervision you will read this year! - John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, Distinguished Professor & Chair of Psychology, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, and co-author of Supervision Essentials for Integrative Psychotherapy and co-editor Psychotherapy Relationships That Work This book presents bold and innovative conceptual, clinical, and empirical ideas showing where we need to go. A must-read for anyone involved in helping clinicians become more effective practitioners. - Hanna Levenson, PhD, Professor, Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA, and co-editor of the Clinical Supervision Essentials Series from APA Books and The Psychotherapy Supervision Video Series Louis Castonguay and Clara Hill continue their long-standing collaboration in bringing the brightest minds together to advance the field of psychotherapy process and outcome. This time they focus their attention on the training and supervision that is essential for therapists to become the most effective professionals. Their book addresses the multifaceted components of training and supervision and sheds new light on how psychotherapists learn and thrive in their careers. - Nick Ladany, PhD, President & Professor of Psychology, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA This book covers a wide variety of interesting and important topics in the clinical training and supervision of psychotherapy. It is thought-provoking and very relevant to psychotherapy researchers, trainers, and practitioners. - Xu Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

This book examines the training and supervision of psychotherapists, with a focus on psychotherapy efficacy and key issues facing psychotherapy training programs today.

While some therapists are more effective than others, good training and supervision can provide all clinicians with the skills and tools to become effective practitioners. Considerable research has shown the broad efficacy of psychotherapy, but there are still many clients who do not fully benefit from therapy, some who don't benefit at all, and even some who get worse as a consequence of therapy. The overall goal of training and supervision, and efforts to study these practices, should be to enhance the current degree of effectiveness that has been reached in psychotherapy.

This book offers innovative knowledge on how to better understand and improve training by relying on the reflections, research discoveries, and collaborative work of psychotherapy scholars who represent a diversity of theoretical orientations, methodological expertise, and levels of experience.

Chapter . Introduction to Becoming Better Psychotherapists
            Louis G. Castonguay and Clara E. Hill

Part I. Conceptual and Empirical Foundations
Chapter 2. What Competencies Should Therapists Acquire and How Should They Acquire Them?
           Louis G. Castonguay, James F. Boswell, Franz Caspar, Myrna L. Friedlander, Beatriz G amp oacute mez, Adele M. Hayes, Martin grosse             Holtforth, Stanley B. Messer, Michelle G. Newman, and Bernhard M. Strauss
Chapter 3. Psychotherapy Training and Supervision With Undergraduate and Graduate Students
          Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox
Chapter 4. Professional Training and Supervision After Graduation: Is it Worthwhile?
         Katie Aafjes-van Doorn and Jacques P. Barber