Norton Peter J, Little Tannah E, Wetterneck Chad T
Cogn Behav Ther. 2014;43(3):230-8. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2014.919014. Epub 2014 Jun 4.
Research examining the impact of therapist experience on client outcomes has yielded mixed findings. The current study aimed to improve upon previous research by examining the impact of global trainee therapists' experience, as well as treatment protocol-specific experience, on client outcomes. Data were obtained based on 319 clients being treated by 33 therapists using a 12-week transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral group therapy specifically for anxiety disorders. Results demonstrated that clients overall showed significant improvement in self-reported anxiety and clinician severity ratings, and that the amount of therapist experience was unrelated to improvement. The current study suggests that trainee therapists' experience, whether examined as global amount of therapy experience or specific experience delivering a specific treatment protocol, was unrelated to treatment outcomes or treatment discontinuation across a range of outcomes.
研究治疗师经验对来访者治疗效果的影响，结果喜忧参半。本研究旨在通过考察新手治疗师的总体经验以及特定治疗方案的经验对来访者治疗效果的影响，对以往研究进行改进。数据来自33名治疗师对319名来访者进行的为期12周的专门针对焦虑症的跨诊断认知行为团体治疗。结果表明，来访者在自我报告的焦虑和临床医生的严重程度评分方面总体有显著改善，且治疗师的经验量与改善情况无关。本研究表明，新手治疗师的经验，无论是作为总体治疗经验量还是实施特定治疗方案的特定经验来考察，在一系列结果中均与治疗效果或治疗中断无关。
