WHAT DO PSYCHOTHERAPISTS REALLY DO IN PRACTICE? AN INTERNET STUDY OF OVER 2,000 PRACTITIONERS

Over 2,200 North American psychotherapists completed a Web-based survey concerning their clinical work, including theoretical orientation, client characteristics, and use of specific psychotherapy techniques. Psychotherapeutic integration was common, with the majority of respondents identifying with...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2010-06, Vol.47 (2), p.260-267
Main Authors: COOK, JOAN M, BIYANOVA, TATUANA, ELHAI, JON, SCHNURR, PAULA P, COYNE, JAMES C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biofeedback
Canada
Career Choice
Client Characteristics
Computer based
Data Collection
Evidence Based Practice
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Human
Humans
Internet
Male
Mental Disorders - classification
Mental Disorders - therapy
Middle Aged
Private Practice
Professional Practice - classification
Professional Role - psychology
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychotherapists
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy - classification
Psychotherapy - methods
Specialization
Suffering
Theoretical Orientation
United States
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Summary:Over 2,200 North American psychotherapists completed a Web-based survey concerning their clinical work, including theoretical orientation, client characteristics, and use of specific psychotherapy techniques. Psychotherapeutic integration was common, with the majority of respondents identifying with more than one theoretical orientation or as having an eclectic orientation. The modal patient was a White female adult suffering from a mood or anxiety disorder and interpersonal problems. Individual psychotherapy was the preferred treatment modality. The most frequently endorsed techniques were relationship-oriented such as conveying warmth, acceptance, understanding, and empathy. The least frequently endorsed techniques were biofeedback, neurofeedback, body and energy therapies, and hypnotherapy. Efforts to disseminate empirically based therapies require understanding and accommodating clinicians' tendencies to integrate techniques.
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/a0019788