Mental Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Feedback, Therapeutic competencies, Training
Brief summary
The purpose of the current study is to examine the influence of feedback on psychotherapeutic competency. The present randomized controlled study compares a feedback condition with a non-feedback condition. Therapists in the feedback condition receive feedback after every fourth session. The feedback is given by two trained and independent raters. The raters are licenced and experienced psychotherapists. Therapists in the non-feedback condition receive no feedback during the psychotherapy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNo feedback
Therapists will receive no feedback.
BEHAVIORALFeedback after every fourth session
Sponsors
Goethe University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Therapists Inclusion Criteria: * Having successfully completed the interim audit * Having started to treat ambulant patients * Remaining at least 6 month in the ambulance
Exclusion criteria
\- Patients Inclusion Criteria: * Meeting ICD 10 criteria for a mental disorder * Informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Therapy Scale (CTS) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | external-assessment measure that assesses psychotherapeutic competency during a cognitive therapy session. CTS will be used by two trained raters licensed as psychological psychotherapists. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Berner Stundenbögen Version 2000 | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess therapeutic relationship from the therapists perspective (therapist version, TSTB) and the patients perspective (patient version; PSTB) |
| Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | external measure to assess the global functioning of the patient |
| Supervisory Questionaire (SQ) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess the therapists self-opening |
| Supervisee Levels Questionaire (SLQ-R) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess the therapists self-awareness |
| Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory (COSE) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess self efficacy of the therapist |
| Helping Alliance Questionaire (HAQ) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess therapeutic alliance from the therapists perspective (therapist version; HAQ-T) and the patients perspective (HAQ-P) |
| Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess aspects of general psychopathology |
| Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess depressive symptoms |
| Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess anxiety symptoms |
| Client Satisfaction Questionaire (CSQ8) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess satisfaction with therapy |
| Health-related quality of life (SF-12) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess health-related quality of life |
| Fear of negative evaluation scale (Skala Angst vor negativer Bewertung; SANB) | participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks | self-report measure to assess fear of evaluation |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed