TY - JOUR

T1 - Therapists' experiences of a brief case formulation and alliance focused pre-treatment training session (CALL)

AU - Jacobsen, Celia Faye

AU - Mathiesen, Birgit Bork

AU - Poulsen, Stig

AU - Lunn, Susanne

AU - Dahlgaard, Mads

AU - Nielsen, Jan

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

PY - 2022/12

Y1 - 2022/12

N2 - Objective: A general lack of supervision outcome studies and new advancements within therapist training methods inspired us to develop a randomised controlled trial, Case formulation and ALLiance (CALL), testing the efficacy of a brief pre-treatment training session. CALL combines generic case formulation and alliance principles with the supervision of a specific client. This qualitative study acts as a preliminary to the randomised controlled trial and aims to explore psychologists' experiences of participating in CALL. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven psychologists in private practice, who participated in CALL between January and May 2020. The transcribed interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The psychologists described CALL as a clinically useful and collegial experience but simultaneously conveyed a lack of recollection of the training session and doubts as to its enduring utilisation. Conclusion: CALL has the potential to positively influence the process and outcome of therapy through the fostering of case formulation and alliance management skills, as well as a strong supervisory alliance. However, the familiar content or brief format of the session, and participants' memory bias, may have limited the utilisation and recall of the intervention.

AB - Objective: A general lack of supervision outcome studies and new advancements within therapist training methods inspired us to develop a randomised controlled trial, Case formulation and ALLiance (CALL), testing the efficacy of a brief pre-treatment training session. CALL combines generic case formulation and alliance principles with the supervision of a specific client. This qualitative study acts as a preliminary to the randomised controlled trial and aims to explore psychologists' experiences of participating in CALL. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven psychologists in private practice, who participated in CALL between January and May 2020. The transcribed interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The psychologists described CALL as a clinically useful and collegial experience but simultaneously conveyed a lack of recollection of the training session and doubts as to its enduring utilisation. Conclusion: CALL has the potential to positively influence the process and outcome of therapy through the fostering of case formulation and alliance management skills, as well as a strong supervisory alliance. However, the familiar content or brief format of the session, and participants' memory bias, may have limited the utilisation and recall of the intervention.

KW - case formulation

KW - supervision

KW - therapist skills

KW - therapist training

KW - working alliance

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U2 - 10.1002/capr.12568

DO - 10.1002/capr.12568

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85134533327

VL - 22

SP - 1112

EP - 1118

JO - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

JF - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

SN - 1473-3145

IS - 4

ER -