What is it about?
In therapy also therapists experience emotional reactions in working with different kinds of patients. This study investigates whether therapists experience typical reactions to patients with different personality styles.
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Why is it important?
Understanding emotional reactions of therapists on the one hand allows to understand the specific characteristics and needs of patients better. On the other hand, it provides insight into how therapists can be supported in their therapeutic work.
Perspectives
I hope this article makes people think about how complicated psychotherapy is and how we need in-depth methods to understand the interaction between patients and therapists in a meaningful way. Also, I hope it opens a door to more research on the therapist's role in psychotherapy research.
Reitske Meganck
Ghent University
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This page is a summary of: Therapists’ responses toward dependent (anaclitic) and self-critical (introjective) depressed outpatients: A multilevel approach., Psychotherapy, March 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pst0000213.
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