A survey of clinical psychologists: Characteristics, activities and orientations

Comparing the personal lives of psychotherapists and research psychologists.

“…Only 52.8% of clinicians were involved in any research, and of that group only 7.9% of their time was spent in research activities (Norcross & Prochaska, 1982a). This finding replicated earlier findings by Garfield and Kurtz (1974;1976) and Kelly (1961). Henry, Sims and Spray (1973) also noted that most therapists adopted a unidimensional attitude toward all their relationships, whether they be with clients, friends, or family.…”

“…Clinical psychologists and their professional orientations and attitudes were also surveyed, this time with the emphasis on their professional lives (Garfield & Kurtz, 1974, 1975a, 1975bKelly, 1961;Norcross & Prochaska, 1982a, 1982b, 1982c. These surveys pointed out that psychologists were shifting the emphasis of their activities from diagnostic testing to psychotherapy during the 1950's (Kelly, 1961), as well as the diversity of clinicians and the popularity of eclecticism during the 1960's and early 1970's (Garfield & Kurtz, 1974, 1975a, 1975b.…”

“…These surveys pointed out that psychologists were shifting the emphasis of their activities from diagnostic testing to psychotherapy during the 1950's (Kelly, 1961), as well as the diversity of clinicians and the popularity of eclecticism during the 1960's and early 1970's (Garfield & Kurtz, 1974, 1975a, 1975b. One result of note was the relatively small percentage of time clinical psychologists devoted to research activities.…”

A global portrait of counselling psychologists’ characteristics, perspectives, and professional behaviors

“…Other questions pertained to respondents' satisfaction with the specialty and the extent to which they endorsed 10 values as being characteristic of the specialty. The prototype for this survey was one that Kelly (1961) developed for clinical psychologists, which Garfield and Kurtz (1974) subsequently refined, and which Norcross and his colleagues have since used multiple times (for two examples, see Norcross & Karpiak, 2012;Norcross & Prochaska, 1982). Watkins, Lopez, Campbell and Himmell (1986) adapted that survey to obtain information about the work, beliefs, and attitudes of CPs in the U.S., and that study since has been replicated by Goodyear et al (2008) and then, Lichtenberg, Goodyear, Overland, and Hutman (2014).…”

Attitudes of mental health professional groups toward mental health treatment modalities as measured by the semantic differential technique

“…Stefflre (1972) (Henry, Sims, and Spray, 1973, p. 51) This finding is supported by other writers' observations of the emphasis given· the individual psychotherapy orientation, especially in psychiatry (Armor and Klerman, 1968;Casariego and Greden, 1978;Charatan and Rosenblatt, 19 6 9 ; Gr eden and Casar i ego , 1 9 7 5 ) • S i mi 1 a r 1 y , i n c 1 i n i ca 1 psychology, there has been an emphasis on autonomy in professional treatment provision (Rie, 1977) and documentation of the great extent to which individual psychotherapy is practiced by these clinicians (Garfield and Kurtz, 1974;Wel Iner, 1977). The social work literature also supports the legitimate, esteemed place of individual psychotherapy among the treatment approaches used in this profession (Boehm,19 this study found that when the professionals report the diagnoses of persons treated, psychiatrists are not unique -in terms of the diagnostic range of patients treated.…”