Becoming better psychotherapists : advancing training and supervision / edited by Louis G. Castonguay and Clara E. Hill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to becoming better psychotherapists -- I. Conceptual and empirical foundations -- What competencies should therapists acquire and how should they acquire them? -- Psychotherapy training and supervision with undergraduate and graduate studies -- Professional training and supervision after graduation: is it worthwhile? -- II. Therapeutic skills training -- Training on context-responsive psychotherapy integration: an evidence-informed framework -- Alliance-focused training: teaching therapists to navigate alliance ruptures -- Training therapists to manage countertransference via reflective practice -- Building a theory of therapist responsiveness training -- Deliberate practice for immediacy: skill use and client outcome -- III. Technology and consultation -- Data-informed clinical training and practice -- Technology and psychotherapy training -- IV. Supervision and consultation -- Good supervision, better therapy: trainees' accounts of how supervisors helped them manage difficult therapy situations -- Peer consultation for early career psychotherapists: a preliminary study -- Informal supervision: a significant and overlooked aspect of therapists' training -- V. Looking for the best, avoiding the worst, and exploring lifelong experiences in training -- Selecting future psychotherapists for training: a nationwide study of ideal characteristics and current practices -- Nil Nocere: how to avoid harm psychotherapy training -- The role of faith and doubt in development of Six psychotherapy scholars and practitioners: implications for training and supervision -- VI. Conclusion -- Clinical, research, and policy implications for psychotherapy training and supervision in the 21st century.

"This book examines the training and supervision of psychotherapists, with a focus on psychotherapy efficacy"-- Provided by publisher.

"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."-- Amazon.