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Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

The ways in which client and therapist political values affect the therapeutic process has been a neglected factor in clinical practice, with many clinicians committing “culturally-competent malpractice” in this area (Redding, 2020). How Can Clinicians Be Socio-politically Competent with Clients (see Redding, 2020)?

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., 2014), positive psychotherapy (Lopez-Gomez et al., 76, Issue 1.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

OUR STUDY Our team at Florida State University (FSU) sought to study differences in access to, retention throughout, and effectiveness of therapy across gender, ethnic, and racial groups in our local community of Leon County, Florida. when both the client and therapist identified as Black) was associated with more sessions attended.

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Harnessing Identity: The Key to Facilitating Effective Therapy Groups?

Society of Clinical Psychology

In the context of group therapy, this second claim primarily concerns how well the therapist can build a shared sense of ‘us’ as a therapy group (Haslam et al., Drawing from a range of empirical sources, we outline three main pathways through which group therapists engaging in identity leadership might improve clinical outcomes.

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Diversity Spotlight: Beverly Greene, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

John’s University. John’s University. in Psychology from New York University in 1973 and received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. During my time in graduate school, I had initially prioritized my training in psychotherapy.

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Teen Cutting

Beautiful Voyager

Familiarize yourself with this self-harming behavior so you'll know what to do when your teenager engages in it. Why Do Teens Engage In Self-Harm Like Cutting? What Are The Signs That A Teenager May Be Engaging In Cutting? What Are The Treatment Options For Teenagers Who Engage In Cutting? What Is Teen Cutting?

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Do psychotherapists improve with time and experience?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Knowing that therapists contribute significantly to clients’ outcomes (explaining approximately 5% of variance in outcomes; Baldwin & Imel, 2013), therapists’ ability to improve directly impacts the populations that they serve. Psychotherapy is not always, of course, a predictable environment. university.