Supervision & Training
Focused on the critical role of supervision in the training of psychotherapists, this section offers resources and best practices for both supervisors and supervisees to enhance the learning experience and ensure the delivery of high-quality care.
158 articles found
Challenges and Considerations for Predoctoral Psychology Interns During a Pandemic
The University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology Internship Consortium, an APA-accredited internship consortium, consists of seven sites in the Denver metropolitan area including a state psychiatric hospital, residential treatment home for children and adolescents, health maintenance organization, community mental health center, police psychology agency, and two university counseling centers. The global pandemic caused […]
Maya Badwan + 12 more
August 27, 2020
Identifying, Addressing, and Using Therapists’ Countertransference in the Time of Pandemics
During the past few months, the world has been experiencing unique challenges. We are all facing many environmental and social stressors (many of which are not new), which will impact us in various ways. We are not only experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, but we are also experiencing the racism pandemic (Schullman, 2020). In the words […]
Beatriz Palma, Ph.D.
August 27, 2020
Exploring the Downstream Effects of Silence Around Religion and Spirituality in Counseling Training Programs
My name is Erin, and I am working towards my doctorate degree in counseling psychology. I was drawn to this field because of my interest in the complex identities that shape the human experience. Each identity we hold creates a unique perspective through which we view the world. In some aspects, our identities are easily […]
Erin M. Buttars, B.A. + 1 more
August 3, 2020
Clinical Creativity and Idiographic Goals in Psychotherapy
Walking the hallway of the Psychotherapy and Behavior Change Lab throughout the course of my graduate training, I often glanced at a paper that my mentor had taped to one of the doors, which cited Paul’s (1967) iconic question: ‘‘What treatment, by whom, is most effective for this individual with that specific problem, and under […]
Matteo Bugatti, Ph.D.
April 21, 2020
Personal Psychotherapy for the Psychotherapist in Training
Given that mental health professionals lead lives outside the therapy room, they are not invulnerable to the impact of psychosocial life stressors. In addition, working with distressed patients is a complex and demanding task that requires the service provider’s devoted mental resources. Graduate student trainees in applied psychology programs are arguably prone to even greater […]
Carly Schwartzman, M.A. + 1 more
April 21, 2020
The Perfect Grant Writing Team Roster
Grant-writing is a team sport from the start and recruiting colleagues with specific skill sets will build the overall morale of the team, make the writing of the grant itself easier, and may make it possible to find even more $$. You’ll see below that some roles are front and center, i.e. editing and writing […]
Kim A. Gorgens, Ph.D., ABPP + 1 more
March 29, 2020
Finding and Providing Mentorship in Psychotherapy Research
This manuscript provides six suggestions to support finding and developing mentorship relationships in the area of psychotherapy research. Suggestions are provided for both the mentee-to-be as well as the mentor towards the mutual goal of building a supportive, collaborative, and productive mentorship relationship.
Simon B. Goldberg, Ph.D.
March 26, 2020
An Integrative Review of Therapeutic Empathy
The Complex Nature of Therapeutic Empathy Therapeutic empathy has long been identified as a particularly robust predictor of outcome (e.g., Elliot et al., 2018; Lafferty et al., 1989; Luborsky et al., 1988), yet its complexity has made it difficult to operationalize. Historically, some theorists have emphasized the sensory-emotional components (Kohut, 1959; Titchener, 1915), while others […]
Shannon L. McIntyre, Ph.D. + 1 more
March 8, 2020
Trainee Therapist Characteristics in the Prediction of Client Rated Alliance
Ample research suggests that therapists differ in their level of effectiveness (Blow et. al., 2007; Wampold, 2001). Even more striking is that therapist effects appear to be larger than treatment effects (e.g., Lindgren et al., 2010). These findings suggest that “who” the therapist is may be more important than the type of treatment used. Moreover, […]
Jenelle Slavin-Mulford, Ph.D.
March 8, 2020
Self-Care as a Clinical Competency
As a newly minted post-doctoral fellow, I have repeatedly encouraged junior trainees to eat lunch, talk about their pets, get candy from my candy bowl, or offer to get them coffee if I am already headed out to get my own. At its core, I am trying to model and foster self-care amongst trainees in […]
Jennie David, Ph.D + 1 more
February 2, 2020
2019 SAP Excellence in Teaching/Mentorship Award Winner Reflection
Developing one’s identity and skills as a teacher and mentor is a highly rewarding, but also challenging, task. One of the challenges comes from the fact that we as graduate students have multiple responsibilities and commitments and often struggle to find time and energy to actively pursue teaching/mentoring on top of research, clinical work, and […]
Ki Eun (Kay) Shin, M.S.
November 16, 2019
If You Give Supervisees Difficult Situations
Introduction Clinical supervision comes in many different shapes and sizes. However, clinical supervision remains, at its core, a professional relationship in which the supervisor provides instruction and guidance in order to further develop the supervisee’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes in clinical practice (Falender & Shafranske, 2004; Falender & Shafranske, 2014). Although the style of supervision […]
Justin A. Davich, M.S. + 2 more
November 12, 2019