What makes a master therapist (original) (raw)

BARRY DUNCAN elaborates on four questions about becoming a 'master' therapist posed by Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson for their forthcoming book, 'Becoming a Master Therapist'. His answers, illustrated with clinical vignettes, integrate the latest research about what matters in effective psychotherapy to challenge the prevailing view that to be an accomplished psychotherapist one must be well-versed in evidence-based treatments. Psychotherapy is a relational endeavour, one wholly dependent on the participants and the quality of their interpersonal connection. After the client, the therapist is the most potent aspect of change in therapy, and in most respects is the therapy. Soliciting feedback engages clients in the collaborative monitoring of outcome, heightens hope for improvement, fits client preferences, maximises the alliance potential and client participation, and is itself a core feature of therapeutic change.

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