Williams F, Coyle A, Lyons E
Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK.
Br J Med Psychol. 1999 Dec;72(4):545-55. doi: 10.1348/000711299160112.
A survey of UK chartered counselling psychologists (N = 192) was carried out to investigate how they viewed their personal therapy. Eighty-four respondents completed questionnaires about their reasons and motivations for therapy, as well as its outcome and process. The results indicated that the majority (88%) were in favour of personal therapy as a training requirement. Most respondents rated the outcome and process of their personal therapy as positive, however 27% also reported some negative effects. A factor analysis of various components of personal therapy indicated that counselling psychologists made a distinction between three factors, i.e. learning about therapy itself, issues arising out of training and dealing with personal issues. Analyses of the data suggested that aims and motivation for therapy were related to dealing with personal issues, whereas these were not important for the other factors. Learning about therapy itself was related to the number of sessions: more specifically, those who had more than the mandatory 40 sessions rated contributions of their personal therapy to understanding therapeutic relationships and processes more highly than those who had less. Initial sessions may be used by trainees to explore personal issues, leading to a preoccupation with the self, and learning about therapy per se may only occur once this has been dealt with.
对英国特许咨询心理学家（N = 192）进行了一项调查，以研究他们如何看待自己的个人治疗。84名受访者完成了关于他们接受治疗的原因和动机以及治疗结果和过程的问卷。结果表明，大多数人（88%）赞成将个人治疗作为一项培训要求。大多数受访者对他们个人治疗的结果和过程评价为积极，但也有27%的人报告了一些负面影响。对个人治疗的各个组成部分进行的因素分析表明，咨询心理学家区分了三个因素，即了解治疗本身、培训中出现的问题以及处理个人问题。数据分析表明，治疗的目标和动机与处理个人问题有关，而这些对其他因素并不重要。了解治疗本身与治疗疗程的数量有关：更具体地说，那些接受超过规定的40个疗程治疗的人，比接受较少疗程治疗的人，对他们个人治疗在理解治疗关系和过程方面的贡献评价更高。实习生可能会在最初的疗程中探索个人问题，从而导致对自我的过度关注，而只有在处理好这个问题之后，才可能开始了解治疗本身。
