Interoceptive awareness and therapist characteristics

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI:10.1002/capr.12701

Agustina Ovalle, Candice Fischer, Paula Dagnino, Stephanie Vaccarezza

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Abstract

Background

The differences between therapists can have a huge impact on treatment outcome. This makes it crucial for us to understand who therapists are and how they relate to their patients.

Aim

This study evaluated different variables relating to the therapist, particularly therapeutic style, which is understood as the degree of variability in therapists' thinking and application of interventions in their clinical work. Furthermore, this study examined how therapists interpret and connect with their own bodies, as this connection plays a crucial role in shaping their emotional experiences, which are closely intertwined with the bodily sensations experienced during therapy. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between interoceptive awareness and therapeutic style.

Method

The study was nonexperimental, and the methodology was quantitative with a correlational scope. Participants were therapists who answered a battery of questionnaires on the person of the therapist.

Results

Based on the analyses carried out, results showed that awareness of the internal state of the body is linked to the therapist's style. It was observed that those therapists who reported greater warmth towards and involvement with their patients had an increased awareness of the state of their body.

Discussion

Given these results, we can conclude that it is crucial to study the awareness of the state of therapists' bodies, as this contributes to the understanding of the therapist as a person and, therefore, of the therapeutic process.

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互感意识和治疗师的特点

背景治疗师之间的差异会对治疗效果产生巨大影响。因此，了解治疗师的身份以及他们与患者的关系至关重要。研究目的本研究评估了与治疗师有关的不同变量，尤其是治疗风格，治疗风格被理解为治疗师在临床工作中思考和应用干预措施的不同程度。此外，本研究还探讨了治疗师如何解释自己的身体并与之建立联系，因为这种联系在形成治疗师的情感体验方面起着至关重要的作用，而情感体验与治疗过程中的身体感觉密切相关。本研究的目的是探讨感知间意识与治疗风格之间的关系。研究方法本研究为非实验性研究，采用定量相关研究方法。参与者为治疗师，他们回答了一系列关于治疗师本人的问卷。结果根据分析结果显示，对身体内部状态的认识与治疗师的风格有关。据观察，那些对病人更热情、更投入的治疗师，对病人身体状态的意识也更强。讨论鉴于这些结果，我们可以得出结论，研究治疗师对身体状态的认识至关重要，因为这有助于了解治疗师这个人，从而了解治疗过程。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.40

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.