Orkibi Hod
Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2014 Nov-Dec;21(6):508-18. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1851. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to test the extent to which a seminal theory of the professional development of counsellors and therapists is applicable to the particular experiences of creative arts therapies graduate students who learn how to use the arts in psychotherapy. Nevertheless, readers may consider the results of the present study transferable to other healthcare disciplines. Questionnaires for each developmental phase were used for data collection, and analysis included data quantification, assessment of inter-rater agreement and theory derivation procedure. Results indicate that creative arts therapies students were concerned about translating theory into practice, learning how experienced therapists concretely function in practice, and reducing cognitive dissonance upon realization that their pre-training lay conceptions of helping were no longer valid. Stress and anxiety drove students to adopt easily mastered techniques that were implemented creatively in practicum. The results confirm that students who were older and had undergraduate human-service education and/or considerable life experience were less concerned about their suitability to the profession, were more acquainted with a professional working style and searched for their individual way of becoming therapists. Finally, recommendations for future research are suggested, and implications for practice are offered.
这项混合方法研究的目的是检验咨询师和治疗师专业发展的一个开创性理论在多大程度上适用于学习如何在心理治疗中运用艺术的创意艺术疗法研究生的具体经历。尽管如此，读者可能会认为本研究的结果可推广到其他医疗保健学科。针对每个发展阶段的问卷用于数据收集，分析包括数据量化、评分者间一致性评估和理论推导程序。结果表明，创意艺术疗法专业的学生关心如何将理论转化为实践，了解经验丰富的治疗师在实践中的具体运作方式，以及在意识到他们培训前关于帮助他人的固有观念不再有效时减少认知失调。压力和焦虑促使学生采用易于掌握的技巧，并在实习中创造性地加以运用。结果证实，年龄较大、有本科人文服务教育背景和/或有丰富生活经验的学生对自己是否适合该职业的担忧较少，更熟悉专业的工作方式，并寻找自己成为治疗师的独特途径。最后，提出了对未来研究的建议以及对实践的启示。
