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Articles tagged "trainee".
30 articles
Trauma-Informed Supervision and Disclosure from Supervisees
Supervision is an essential part of training for the growth of psychologists. Consequently, a strong supervisory relationship is fundamental for both trainee and client welfare. The function of supervision is multifaceted, ranging from personal growth to clinical and professional development (Bernard & Goodyear, 2019). A trainee’s ability to feel safe in disclosing ethical dilemmas, blind […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD
April 6, 2024
When I Heard
Nine days before my first internship application was due, I learned that an ex-patient of mine, Theodore (name changed for confidentiality), died by suicide. I know receiving this kind of news can never come at a good time, but this was a particularly vulnerable time for me. I was feeling insecure, questioning myself, scared about […]
Fiz Ardalan, M.A.
December 2, 2021
Predicting Trainee Therapists’ Abilities with Letters of Recommendation Part 2
In the last issue of the Bulletin, we began exploring the very timely issue of the use of letters of recommendation (LORs) by clinical and counseling graduate programs as a tool to select students with high potential to be effective therapists. Not only do programs use LORs routinely for this process, but LORs have received […]
Zachary Hoffman, M.S. + 5 more
December 2, 2021
Predicting Trainee Therapists’ Abilities with Letters of Recommendation Part 1
According to the American Psychological Association’s 2019 report on Admissions, Applications, and Acceptances, over 40,000 individuals applied to clinical psychology programs in the 2016-2017 academic year, with acceptance rates of 12-30% (Michalski et al., 2019). Due to an increasing interest in clinical and counseling psychology (Norcross & Sayette, 2014) and a limited amount of space […]
Zachary Hoffman, M.S. + 5 more
November 15, 2021
The Relationship between Trainee Therapist Personality, Technique Usage, and Perceived Helpfulness
Research suggests that therapist personality traits impact self-reported theoretical orientation (e.g., Ogunfowora & Drapeau, 2008). For example, studies have shown that therapists who report having a psychodynamic orientation generally report being higher in creativity, intuition, imagination, individualism, anxiety, and introversion (Arthur, 2001). In contrast, Arthur’s (2001) research showed that cognitive-behavioral therapists were more conventional, rational, […]
Samantha H. Kunkel, A.S. + 3 more
December 1, 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
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
Self-care Together
In the hectic pace of being an early career psychologist (ECP) and junior faculty member, it is often more possible to extol the virtues of self-care rather than to authentically engage in it. In many cases, this challenge may partially stem from limited education and insufficient opportunity to develop effective self-care habits during doctoral training. […]
Dhara T. Meghani, Ph.D
October 30, 2019
Key Factors of Internship Burnout and Possible Solutions
Psychology predoctoral interns face many challenges, as difficult roles and competing expectations may lead to burnout. Edelwich (1980) defined burnout as “a progressive loss of idealism, energy, and purpose by people in the helping professions as a result of the conditions of their work” (p. 14). Common factors contributing to burnout include difficult cases, feeling […]
Christina Burg, M.A. + 10 more
October 22, 2017
Deliberate Interleaving Practice in Psychotherapy Training
“Do that scale again.” “Do that fingering transition again.” “Let me hear that again.” Even if the scale was correct, it had to be done…again. As a novice musician, the word, “again,” became synonymous with repetitive practice. Practice for the sake of practice, because practice makes perfect. I (voice of 3rd author; true story) had […]
Patrick K. Love, B.S. + 2 more
August 20, 2017
A Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties
In 2012, the American Psychological Association (APA) endorsed as policy, The Education and Training Guidelines: A Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties, hereafter referred to as “the Taxonomy.” This Taxonomy was developed in response to confusing inconsistencies across education and training in professional psychology training programs that would describe offerings […]
Roberta L. Nutt, Ph.D., ABPP
December 31, 2016
Master Supervisors Show & Discuss Their Supervision Session Videos
Have you ever seen anyone else doing supervision—except your own? Whenever I am giving a workshop on clinical supervision to psychotherapy supervisors, I ask if any of them have every seen another psychologist supervising a trainee, let along watched a master supervisor doing so. On every occasion, only a few hands go up. Although clinical […]
Hanna Levenson, Ph.D.
December 4, 2016