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The Promise of Data Informed Patient-Therapist Matching: Context Matters

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It may come as no surprise to patients and therapists to hear that the therapist matters when it comes to the quality of psychotherapy. Findings from psychotherapy outcome research have “caught up” to anecdote and patient and therapist intuition. What Do We Think We Know about Therapist Differences?

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Types of Therapy and Mental Health Providers

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← How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits. In fact, choosing a therapist and the type of therapy you specifically need may seem like a chore. Types of Therapists and Counselors. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who have specialized in psychiatry. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Psychologists. Psychiatrists.

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Harnessing Identity: The Key to Facilitating Effective Therapy Groups?

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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

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Her work focuses on psychotherapy with people who belong to marginalized and subordinate positions in the social hierarchy, and the psychological effects of social inequities such as heterosexism, sexism, and racism, as well as LGBTQIA+ psychology from an Intersectional identity and Black feminist lens. Considerations for Psychotherapy.”

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

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When attending national academic conferences in psychology, it is hard not to hear mention of mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. Alan Kazdin’s 2007 article, Mediators and Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy Research, still has lasting effects on the way psychologists think about therapy today. 2013; Cha et al., Dr. Mona A.

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Compassion-Focused Therapy Strongly Improves Mental Health Outcomes: A Series of Meta-Analyses

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Moderation analyses also showed that a significantly larger effect size was reported when CFT was delivered by a therapist compared to when it was delivered as a self-help or “mixed” intervention. What are some of the challenges for therapists in incorporating compassion in their interventions? link] Gharraee, B., Tajrishi, K.

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Empathy in Computer-Mediated Interactions

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2008), but little research has been conducted to determine whether computer-mediated communication (CMC) could impact crucial relational aspects of psychotherapy such as empathy (Terry & Cain, 2016). a therapist) then perceives those verbal and nonverbal cues and may feel a certain amount of empathy towards the client. Gilbody, S.,

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