A refreshing and necessary start: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):179-181. doi: 10.1037/amp0001235.ABSTRACTWestra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) make a compelling case for integrating "process acuity" skills into routine clinical training. The authors have done the field a service by articulating the need for novel and process-science-informed psychotherapy training and practice. This brief commentary echoes the authors' observations about the status quo of clinical training and expands upon what else will need to be considered to fully realize the goals of their proposal. Specifically, research on negative process signals has outpaced research on the optimal res...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James F Boswell Source Type: research
Developing process sensitivity: Reply to Wilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):182-184. doi: 10.1037/amp0001257.ABSTRACTWilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024) make a number of important observations about facilitating process sensitivity training, and here, we respond to those suggestions. We postulate that cultivating process sensitivity is complementary, not antithetical, to traditional training in viewing therapy from a theoretical lens, and thus, can serve to enhance, rather than replace one's existing psychotherapy skills. Moreover, we argue that seeing the impact of process adjustments in real time can be a significant motivator for training in process sensitivity since...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henny A Westra Alyssa A Di Bartolomeo Source Type: research
Correction to "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Su et al. (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):240. doi: 10.1037/amp0001345.ABSTRACTReports an error in "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rachel Han, Jianjie Xu, Bingsen Xiong, Zisen Zhou, Jingyi Wang, Lei Hao, Zhi Yang, Gang Chen and Shaozheng Qin (American Psychologist, Advanced Online Publication, Jul 13, 2023, np). In the article "Atypical Child-Parent Neural Synchrony Is Linked to Negative Family Emotional Climate and Children's Psychopathological Symptoms," by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rac...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Juris G. Draguns (1932-2023)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):315. doi: 10.1037/amp0001266. Epub 2023 Dec 25.ABSTRACTMemorializes Juris G. Draguns (1932-2023), a noted cross-cultural researcher and author. in 1967, joined Pennsylvania State University, where he remained until his retirement in 1997 as professor emeritus. His presence at Penn State, along with George Guthrie, Muzafer Sherif, and Carolyn Sherif, made its program one of the outstanding early centers for cross-cultural psychology. He remained active after his university retirement, maintaining a part-time clinical practice and pursuing new research interests. During his career, he published...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John D Hogan Uwe P Gielen Source Type: research
Developing expertise in psychotherapy: The case for process coding as clinical training
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):163-174. doi: 10.1037/amp0001139.ABSTRACTRoutine outcome monitoring (ROM) is a major development in the field since it offers likely outcome trajectories and is particularly helpful for failing cases. However, ROM has not led to improved skill development more generally, and it is debatable as to whether expertise is even possible to acquire in psychotherapy. What is missing but crucial to expertise is feedback on the outcome of one's actions in real time, which would enable responsive adjustments and improve outcomes. It is argued in this article that by identifying empirically validated mom...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henny A Westra Alyssa A Di Bartolomeo Source Type: research
Process-focused psychotherapy training is evidence-based psychotherapy training: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):175-178. doi: 10.1037/amp0001236.ABSTRACTWestra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) made a strong case for psychotherapy training to focus more on psychotherapy process rather than content (e.g., manuals). Their recommendations are consistent with the preponderance of the evidence that finds that psychotherapy process variables (and psychotherapist variables related to the process, such as empathy) account for most of the variance in psychotherapy outcomes. Despite the overwhelming evidence, the Great Psychotherapy Debate (Wampold & Imel, 2015) rages on. In this commentary, I emphasize and strive to...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melanie M Wilcox Source Type: research
A refreshing and necessary start: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):179-181. doi: 10.1037/amp0001235.ABSTRACTWestra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) make a compelling case for integrating "process acuity" skills into routine clinical training. The authors have done the field a service by articulating the need for novel and process-science-informed psychotherapy training and practice. This brief commentary echoes the authors' observations about the status quo of clinical training and expands upon what else will need to be considered to fully realize the goals of their proposal. Specifically, research on negative process signals has outpaced research on the optimal res...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James F Boswell Source Type: research
Developing process sensitivity: Reply to Wilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):182-184. doi: 10.1037/amp0001257.ABSTRACTWilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024) make a number of important observations about facilitating process sensitivity training, and here, we respond to those suggestions. We postulate that cultivating process sensitivity is complementary, not antithetical, to traditional training in viewing therapy from a theoretical lens, and thus, can serve to enhance, rather than replace one's existing psychotherapy skills. Moreover, we argue that seeing the impact of process adjustments in real time can be a significant motivator for training in process sensitivity since...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henny A Westra Alyssa A Di Bartolomeo Source Type: research
Correction to "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Su et al. (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):240. doi: 10.1037/amp0001345.ABSTRACTReports an error in "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rachel Han, Jianjie Xu, Bingsen Xiong, Zisen Zhou, Jingyi Wang, Lei Hao, Zhi Yang, Gang Chen and Shaozheng Qin (American Psychologist, Advanced Online Publication, Jul 13, 2023, np). In the article "Atypical Child-Parent Neural Synchrony Is Linked to Negative Family Emotional Climate and Children's Psychopathological Symptoms," by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rac...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Juris G. Draguns (1932-2023)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):315. doi: 10.1037/amp0001266. Epub 2023 Dec 25.ABSTRACTMemorializes Juris G. Draguns (1932-2023), a noted cross-cultural researcher and author. in 1967, joined Pennsylvania State University, where he remained until his retirement in 1997 as professor emeritus. His presence at Penn State, along with George Guthrie, Muzafer Sherif, and Carolyn Sherif, made its program one of the outstanding early centers for cross-cultural psychology. He remained active after his university retirement, maintaining a part-time clinical practice and pursuing new research interests. During his career, he published...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John D Hogan Uwe P Gielen Source Type: research
Developing expertise in psychotherapy: The case for process coding as clinical training
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):163-174. doi: 10.1037/amp0001139.ABSTRACTRoutine outcome monitoring (ROM) is a major development in the field since it offers likely outcome trajectories and is particularly helpful for failing cases. However, ROM has not led to improved skill development more generally, and it is debatable as to whether expertise is even possible to acquire in psychotherapy. What is missing but crucial to expertise is feedback on the outcome of one's actions in real time, which would enable responsive adjustments and improve outcomes. It is argued in this article that by identifying empirically validated mom...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henny A Westra Alyssa A Di Bartolomeo Source Type: research
Process-focused psychotherapy training is evidence-based psychotherapy training: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):175-178. doi: 10.1037/amp0001236.ABSTRACTWestra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) made a strong case for psychotherapy training to focus more on psychotherapy process rather than content (e.g., manuals). Their recommendations are consistent with the preponderance of the evidence that finds that psychotherapy process variables (and psychotherapist variables related to the process, such as empathy) account for most of the variance in psychotherapy outcomes. Despite the overwhelming evidence, the Great Psychotherapy Debate (Wampold & Imel, 2015) rages on. In this commentary, I emphasize and strive to...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melanie M Wilcox Source Type: research
A refreshing and necessary start: Commentary on Westra and Di Bartolomeo (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):179-181. doi: 10.1037/amp0001235.ABSTRACTWestra and Di Bartolomeo (2024) make a compelling case for integrating "process acuity" skills into routine clinical training. The authors have done the field a service by articulating the need for novel and process-science-informed psychotherapy training and practice. This brief commentary echoes the authors' observations about the status quo of clinical training and expands upon what else will need to be considered to fully realize the goals of their proposal. Specifically, research on negative process signals has outpaced research on the optimal res...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James F Boswell Source Type: research
Developing process sensitivity: Reply to Wilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):182-184. doi: 10.1037/amp0001257.ABSTRACTWilcox (2024) and Boswell (2024) make a number of important observations about facilitating process sensitivity training, and here, we respond to those suggestions. We postulate that cultivating process sensitivity is complementary, not antithetical, to traditional training in viewing therapy from a theoretical lens, and thus, can serve to enhance, rather than replace one's existing psychotherapy skills. Moreover, we argue that seeing the impact of process adjustments in real time can be a significant motivator for training in process sensitivity since...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henny A Westra Alyssa A Di Bartolomeo Source Type: research
Correction to "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Su et al. (2024)
Am Psychol. 2024 Feb-Mar;79(2):240. doi: 10.1037/amp0001345.ABSTRACTReports an error in "Atypical child-parent neural synchrony is linked to negative family emotional climate and children's psychopathological symptoms" by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rachel Han, Jianjie Xu, Bingsen Xiong, Zisen Zhou, Jingyi Wang, Lei Hao, Zhi Yang, Gang Chen and Shaozheng Qin (American Psychologist, Advanced Online Publication, Jul 13, 2023, np). In the article "Atypical Child-Parent Neural Synchrony Is Linked to Negative Family Emotional Climate and Children's Psychopathological Symptoms," by Haowen Su, Christina B. Young, Zhuo Rac...
Source: The American Psychologist - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
