Journal article
The role of personal practice in therapist skill development: a model to guide therapists, educators, supervisors and researchers
Cognitive behaviour therapy, Vol.47(3), pp.185-205
05/2018
PMID: 29485313
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Abstract
Prior to 2000, personal practice (PP) for therapists mostly meant personal therapy. Recently a new landscape of PPs has emerged, with meditation-based programs and therapy self-practice/self-reflection (SP/SR) programs playing an increasing role in training and personal/professional development. The challenge now for practitioners and researchers is to refocus on the role of PPs in training and professional development. Are PPs of value - or not? Do they have a role in therapist development? How might PPs enhance therapist skilfulness? Do different PPs act in similar or different ways? Currently, the PP literature lacks a theoretical framework to guide practitioners in their choice of PPs or researchers in their choice of research questions and measures. The purpose of this article is to provide such a framework, the Personal Practice (PP) model. The PP model proposes primary impacts of PPs in four domains: personal development/wellbeing, self-awareness, interpersonal beliefs/attitudes/skills and reflective skills. The model also suggests a secondary impact on therapists' conceptual/technical skills when therapists use reflection to consider the implications of their PP for their therapist self. We offer some suggestions to enhance the quality of future research, and conclude that PPs may play an important and perhaps unique role in therapist training.
Details
- Title
- The role of personal practice in therapist skill development: a model to guide therapists, educators, supervisors and researchers
- Creators
- James Bennett-Levy - University of SydneyAmy Finlay-Jones - Curtin University
- Publication Details
- Cognitive behaviour therapy, Vol.47(3), pp.185-205
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 21
- Identifiers
- 991013173812702368
- Copyright
- © 2018 Swedish Association for Behaviour Therapy.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article