A qualitative meta-analysis examining the impact of personal therapy on clinical work and personal and professional development

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI:10.1002/capr.12733

Jochem Willemsen, Hubert de Condé, Greta Kaluzeviciute-Moreton, Greta Guogaite, Niccolò Fiorentino Polipo, Emmanuelle Zech

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Abstract

Objective

This study explored how personal therapy (PT) is experienced by psychotherapists, focussing on its positive and negative impact on clinical work as well as personal and professional development (PPD). The current meta-analysis considered qualitative research studies focussing on therapists' experiences of the impact of their PT on their clinical activities and development.

Method

A systematic review of the literature led to the identification of 21 published qualitative research studies. The findings from individual studies were subjected to grounded theory meta-analysis.

Results

Five clusters were identified: (1) PT helps to increase self-awareness in general and within the therapeutic relations; (2) PT helps therapists to adopt a therapeutic approach by observing and experiencing the impact of therapeutic interventions; (3) PT helps to support patients in the therapeutic process on the basis of one's own experience of going through a therapeutic process; (4) PT helps therapists to become more confident and authentic because it fosters self-acceptance; and (5) PT hinders clinical work and PPD through exposure to inadequate interventions and by stirring up personal issues. The four helpful clusters can be linked to the processes of personal growth, learning through observation and experience, experiential learning, and professional identity development, respectively.

Conclusion

The findings of this study indicate that PT can have a helpful impact on clinical work and PPD through four processes that strengthen effective therapist skills, attitudes and ways of being. However, several studies demonstrate that the influence of PT on clinical work and PPD can also be experienced as complex, ambiguous and even harmful.

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个人疗法对临床工作以及个人和职业发展影响的定性荟萃分析

本研究探讨了心理治疗师如何体验个人治疗（PT），重点关注其对临床工作以及个人和职业发展（PPD）的积极和消极影响。目前的荟萃分析考虑的是定性研究，重点是治疗师在个人治疗对其临床活动和发展的影响方面的经验。通过对文献的系统性回顾，确定了 21 项已发表的定性研究。对各项研究结果进行了基础理论元分析：(1)心理治疗有助于在总体上和在治疗关系中提高自我意识；(2)心理治疗有助于治疗师通过观察和体验治疗干预的影响来采用治疗方法；(3)心理治疗有助于根据自己经历治疗过程的经验在治疗过程中为患者提供支持；(4)心理治疗有助于治疗师变得更加自信和真实，因为它促进了自我接纳；(5)心理治疗通过暴露于不适当的干预和挑起个人问题来阻碍临床工作和 PPD。本研究的结果表明，治疗师可以通过加强有效治疗师的技能、态度和存在方式的四个过程，对临床工作和治疗师职业发展产生有益的影响。然而，一些研究表明，治疗师对临床工作和 PPD 的影响也可能是复杂的、模棱两可的，甚至是有害的。

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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.