The effect of humility on the quality of sessions and relationships in a psychotherapeutic setting

The effect of humility on the quality of sessions and relationships in a psychotherapeutic setting - Humility-Psychotherapy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033911

Enrollment

111

Registered

2024-06-03

Start date

2024-06-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Intellectual humility on the part of psychotherapists

Interventions

Group 1: Experimental condition: induction of humility (state-based) in psychotherapists in training and further training and the short-term effect on therapy-relevant parameters such as session quali

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Psychotherapist in training or further training as a psychotherapist based on depth psychology or behavior therapy at the Institute for Psychotherapy and its associated outpatient psychotherapy patients

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of intellectual humility (Intellectual Humility Scale; Leary, 2017), session quality (Bern Patient and Therapist Questionnaire; Flückiger et al., 2010) and therapeutic relationship (ITB; Hermer, Hirsch and Röhrle, 2015) immediately after a psychotherapeutic session after induction of humility vs. overconfidence	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of adherence to psychotherapeutic procedures (German version of the CPPS; Reininger et al., 2023) and professional self-doubt (PSD; Nissen-Lie, 2017)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKlaus Michael Reininger

UKE, Institut für Psychotherapie

m.reininger@uke.uni-hamburg.de+4940741052975

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026