@article{WeckWitthoeft2017,
  author    = {Weck, Florian and Witth{\"o}ft, Michael},
  title     = {Context effects in the evaluation of bodily symptoms},
  series = {Journal of experimental psychopathology},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Journal of experimental psychopathology},
  publisher = {Sage Publishing},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {2043-8087},
  doi       = {10.5127/jep.054216},
  pages     = {241 -- 251},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The illness-related evaluation of bodily symptoms is considered to be an important maintaining factor in somatoform disorders. However, little is known about context variables that could influence this evaluation process. In the current study, participants completed three versions of the Health Norms Sorting Task (HNST) and evaluated bodily symptoms in different contexts (i.e., different evaluation perspectives and time frames of evaluation). Additionally, the three HNST versions were presented in different orders. Bodily symptoms were evaluated more often as a sign of illness when a specific time frame (i.e., one week) was given. However, this context effect was only large when participants had previously evaluated symptoms existing without a concrete duration. Thus, previously completed symptom evaluations appear to represent an important frame of reference in terms of a cue that makes specific context variables salient. The results further suggested that these cueing effects might be less relevant for participants with elevated somatic symptom reports.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WeckKaufmannWitthoeft2017,
  author    = {Weck, Florian and Kaufmann, Yvonne Marie and Witth{\"o}ft, Michael},
  title     = {Topics and techniques in clinical supervision in psychotherapy training},
  series = {Cognitive Behaviour Therapist},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Cognitive Behaviour Therapist},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1754-470X},
  doi       = {10.1017/S1754470X17000046},
  pages     = {17},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Clinical supervision is regarded as one of the most important components of psychotherapy training. In clinical practice, it has been found that the implementation of clinical supervision varies substantially and often differs from the recommendations made in the literature. The objective of the current study was to investigate the frequency of topics (e.g. ethical issues) and techniques (e.g. role play) in the clinical supervision of psychotherapy trainees in Germany. To this end, we considered supervisions in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy (PT). A total of 791 psychotherapy trainees (533 CBT and 242 PT) were asked via the internet to provide information about their current supervision sessions. We found that clinical supervision in psychotherapy training addressed topics that are central for the effective treatment of supervised patients (i.e. therapeutic interventions, therapeutic alliance, maintaining factors, and therapeutic goals). However, the most frequently used intervention in clinical supervision in psychotherapy training was case discussion. Rarely were techniques used that allowed the supervisor to give the supervisee feedback based on the supervisee's demonstrated competencies. For example, 46\% of the supervisors never used audiotapes or videotapes in the supervision. Differences between CBT and PT were rather small. Current practice regarding the techniques used in clinical supervision for psychotherapy trainees contradicts recommendations for active and feedback-oriented clinical supervision. Thus the potential of clinical supervision might not be fully used in clinical practice.},
  language  = {en}
}