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Components of Supervisors’ Ratings of Therapists’ Skillfulness

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A questionnaire was developed to assess the skillfulness of therapists from the perspective of the supervisor. This supervisor report yielded two scores: one for psychotherapeutic techniques and one for the educational alliance. These scores had high internal consistency and were relatively independent of one another. Ratings of proficiency in psychotherapeutic techniques accounted for 54% of the variance in supervisors’ rating? of global skillfulness; educational alliance contributed an additional 12%. Compared with other supervisors, those who espoused self psychology based more of their appraisal of skill fulness on the trainee’s use of the supervisory relationship.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Superior, Room 594, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Sheryl H. Jones B.S. (graduate stuent) &  Ronald F. Krasner M.D. (Director of Graduate Medical Education)

  2. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kenneth I. Howard Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training)

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Jones, S.H., Krasner, R.F. & Howard, K.I. Components of Supervisors’ Ratings of Therapists’ Skillfulness. Acad Psychiatry 16, 29–36 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341492

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