Building and Handling Therapeutic Closeness in the Therapist-Client Relationship in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Vandenberghe, Luc; Coppede, Angelica Marden; Bittencourt, Marla Viegas

doi:10.1007/s10879-018-9388-9

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“…The counselor's thought process to remain involved during the counseling process becomes a form of "full presence" of the counselor [5], [45]. In other words, counselor mind skills are one of the keys to full involvement in counseling, building therapeutic relationships [2], [45] and giving the best services to help the students life [46].…”

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The effect of reverse roleplay training to improve the counselor’s mind skills

Fauzan,

Hidayah,

Wahyuni

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Mind skills become the counselor’s internal competencies that support the counselor’s self-development in providing guidance and counseling services. Mind skills consist of six components that are interrelated and often integrated. The metacognitive thinking process is the key to success in how counselors can manage their thoughts and mental states through these six components. This study examined the success of the reverse roleplay training strategy to improve the counselor’s mind skills. The method was quasi-experimental quantitative with a pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 31 counselors in Malang Raya, Indonesia. Data analysis in this study used two stages, descriptive statistical analysis and hypothesis test. The results showed that the counselor’s mind skills achievements before and after the intervention marked a difference with significant increase. Reverse roleplay increased the participants’ understanding and experience of the thoughts, perceptions, and feelings from broader perspectives. The counselor’s mental experiences involved during counseling sessions become a “full presence” for the therapeutic relationship. This research suggests further research to explore the counselor’s mental experiences in detail. As for practical implication, the reverse roleplay is recommended as a training design for improving the internal competencies of counselors and educators in general.

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“…The success of counseling services has various influencing factors. Counselor competence is essential in how the counseling process can run effectively [1], [2]. These competencies can manifest in the counselor's internal and external competence.…”

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The effect of reverse roleplay training to improve the counselor’s mind skills

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Hidayah,

Wahyuni

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“…A closer relationship can facilitate talking about difficult issues, evoke target behavior, and augment the effects of various interventions. A genuinely close relationship may exceed the therapy hour, defy control, and evoke unintended responses from the client and clinician ( Vandenberghe et al, 2019 ). Thus, closeness as a working style of the therapist may influence the therapeutic process and evoke different responses from clients.…”

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Psychotherapy Style Scale: Development and Validation

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Psychotherapy style is conceptualized as the therapeutic method that a therapist employs while working with clients during treatment. It influences both the therapeutic process and results of therapeutic actions. The present study developed and validated the Psychotherapy Style Scale (PSS). By following a systematic psychometric development process, a three-factor structure of the PSS was identified. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of multidimensional structure and validity of the PSS. Cronbach’s α suggested that the resulting scale was highly reliable. Criterion validity was also satisfactory, demonstrated by correlations between the scale and criterion validity measures. The PSS has the potential to help better understand therapists’ behavioral characteristics and select the most appropriate therapists for clients who undergo psychotherapy.

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“…It can be an enabler of therapeutic connection and can potentialize interventions. Therapists nurture closeness for this purpose, but it also makes an error committed or an alliance rupture more painful (Vandenberghe et al, 2018). Striving for a balance between closeness and distance often is part of a struggle that may be harnessed for the benefit of therapy (Bernhardt et al, 2019).…”

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The couple therapist’s emotional pain: Negative affect and the person of the therapist.

Lima¹,

Vandenberghe²

2021

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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This study explored therapists' emotional pain in the context of their work. Sixteen interviews with couple therapists of varied orientations were subjected to a grounded theory analysis. The results suggest they understood emotional pain as a natural part of their work. They attributed it to treatment content, client attitudes, their own errors and issues, clashes between their views, and clients' and the closeness of the therapy relationship. As they expected the emotional pain to show up in therapy, they engaged in emotion regulation during sessions and worked to improve their resilience. They looked for what a painful impact might signal and addressed what caused it, besides harnessing the pain to empower the connection with the couple. Being able to thus use their emotional pain as an ally in their work tended to make it less distressing. Finally, they perceived that being open to it brought personal and professional benefits. Recommendations for how the current findings can inform training and supervision protocols are included. Public Significance StatementAs a regular part of their work, professionals providing couple therapy often face some form of emotional pain of their own. Our study of therapists' perspectives on this phenomenon shows they did not try to avoid this pain but responded in ways that mitigated its impact and that allowed using it to enhance treatment effectiveness. As side effects of this strategy, both personal growth and professional development were reported.

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Building and Handling Therapeutic Closeness in the Therapist-Client Relationship in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

The effect of reverse roleplay training to improve the counselor’s mind skills

The effect of reverse roleplay training to improve the counselor’s mind skills

Psychotherapy Style Scale: Development and Validation

The couple therapist’s emotional pain: Negative affect and the person of the therapist.

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