Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2006

Source Publication

Psychotherapy Research

Abstract

The authors examined the effects of three types of training (supervisor-facilitated training, self-training, biblio-training) on 62 graduate student therapists' state anxiety, self-efficacy for dealing with anger, and helping skills (i.e., reflections and immediacy) in response to videotaped vignettes of angry clients. Training overall was rated as very helpful, and trainees increased in self-efficacy for working with client anger. Supervisor-facilitated training was rated as more helpful than, and was preferred to, self-training and biblio-training; it also led to more reflection of feelings in response to clients. Results suggest that vignettes such as these might be a helpful adjunct to training once students have competency in the basic helping skills.

Comments

Originally published in Psychotherapy Research, Volume 16, No. 3 (May 2006), online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503300500264838