TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychotherapy expertise in Singapore
T2 - A qualitative investigation
AU - Jennings, Len
AU - D'Rozario, Vilma
AU - Goh, Michael P
AU - Sovereign, Ashley
AU - Brogger, Megan
AU - Skovholt, Thomas M
PY - 2008/9/24
Y1 - 2008/9/24
N2 - Personal characteristics, developmental influences, and therapy practices of nine peer-nominated expert psychotherapists practicing in the diverse country of Singapore were identified using qualitative methods. Sixteen themes were organized within four categories: (a) personal characteristics (empathic, nonjudgmental, respectful); (b) developmental influences (experience, self-awareness, humility, self-doubt); (c) approach to practice (balance between support and challenge, flexible therapeutic stance, empowerment/strength-based approach, primacy of the therapeutic alliance, comfortable addressing spirituality, embraces working within a multicultural context); and (d) ongoing professional growth (professional development practices, benefits of teaching/training others, challenges to professional development in Singapore). Cross-cultural comparisons between this study and Jennings and Skovholt's (1999) study of Minnesota expert psychotherapists found considerable overlap of themes. Implications for research and practice of psychotherapy are offered.
AB - Personal characteristics, developmental influences, and therapy practices of nine peer-nominated expert psychotherapists practicing in the diverse country of Singapore were identified using qualitative methods. Sixteen themes were organized within four categories: (a) personal characteristics (empathic, nonjudgmental, respectful); (b) developmental influences (experience, self-awareness, humility, self-doubt); (c) approach to practice (balance between support and challenge, flexible therapeutic stance, empowerment/strength-based approach, primacy of the therapeutic alliance, comfortable addressing spirituality, embraces working within a multicultural context); and (d) ongoing professional growth (professional development practices, benefits of teaching/training others, challenges to professional development in Singapore). Cross-cultural comparisons between this study and Jennings and Skovholt's (1999) study of Minnesota expert psychotherapists found considerable overlap of themes. Implications for research and practice of psychotherapy are offered.
KW - Brief psychotherapy
KW - Long-term psychotherapy
KW - Outcome research
KW - Process research
KW - Psychotherapist training/supervision/development
KW - Qualitative research methods
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U2 - 10.1080/10503300802189782
DO - 10.1080/10503300802189782
M3 - Article
C2 - 18816002
AN - SCOPUS:52049104050
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 18
SP - 508
EP - 522
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 5
ER -