TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heinze, Peter Eric
A1  - Weck, Florian
A1  - Hahn, Daniela
A1  - Kühne, Franziska
T1  - Differences in psychotherapy preferences between psychotherapy trainees and laypeople
JF  - Psychotherapy research : the official journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
N2  - Objective: Despite increasing research on psychotherapy preferences, the preferences of psychotherapy trainees are largely unknown. Moreover, differences in preferences between trainees and their patients could (a) hinder symptom improvement and therapy success for patients and (b) represent significant obstacles in the early career and development of future therapists. Method: We compared the preferences of n = 466 psychotherapy trainees to those of n = 969 laypersons using the Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences. Moreover, we compared preferences between trainees in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic trainees. Results: We found significant differences between both samples in 13 of 18 items, and three of four subscales. Psychotherapy trainees preferred less therapist directiveness (d = 0.58), more emotional intensity (d = 0.74), as well as more focused challenge (d = 0.35) than laypeople. CBT trainees preferred more therapist directiveness (d = 2.00), less emotional intensity (d = 0.51), more present orientation (d = 0.76) and more focused challenge (d = 0.33) than trainees in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy. Conclusion: Overall, the results underline the importance of implementing preference assessment and discussion during psychotherapy training. Moreover, therapists of different orientations seem to cover a large range of preferences for patients, in order to choose the right fit.
KW  - psychotherapy process
KW  - psychotherapy training
KW  - activity preference;
KW  - C-NIP
KW  - assessment
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2098076
SN  - 1050-3307
SN  - 1468-4381
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
SP  - 374
EP  - 386
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -