De Condé Hubert, Zech Emmanuelle, Willemsen Jochem
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve.
Res Psychother. 2024 Aug 29;27(2):791. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2024.791.
This study explores the interconnexion between personal and professional development in therapist growth. This research examines a self-integrated perspective on training, by looking at the equal importance of nurturing personal development alongside professional skills cultivation. The study uses the concept of Significant Events (SE) which was originally developed to understand client change processes and applies the concept to investigate the development of the person-of-the-therapist. SE is events that are experienced in the therapy process and that are experienced by the client as being helpful or hindering for therapeutic change. Similar to the process of therapy, professional development is not a linear process of acquiring skills and knowledge but a discontinuous process that is driven by SE. The goal is to explore transformative moments in therapists' development. 281 participants completed an online questionnaire, evaluating: i) ) personal events (physical and mental health, interpersonal relationships, exploring the world, losses and deaths), ii) professional events (training, clinical experiences, relationship with colleagues, challenges due to work position), and iii) hybrid events where personal and professional aspects intertwine (personal therapy and societal context inducing insecurity). Findings suggest a more integrated self in personal and professional development. The study contributes to ongoing discussions on professional development, revealing the interplay between personal and professional spheres of therapists.
本研究探讨了治疗师成长过程中个人发展与职业发展之间的相互联系。本研究通过审视在培养专业技能的同时培养个人发展的同等重要性，考察了一种关于培训的自我整合视角。该研究使用了重大事件（SE）的概念，这一概念最初是为理解客户的改变过程而开发的，并将其应用于调查治疗师个人的发展。重大事件是在治疗过程中经历的事件，客户认为这些事件对治疗性改变有帮助或有阻碍。与治疗过程类似，职业发展不是一个获取技能和知识的线性过程，而是一个由重大事件驱动的不连续过程。其目标是探索治疗师发展过程中的变革时刻。281名参与者完成了一份在线问卷，评估：i）个人事件（身心健康、人际关系、探索世界、损失和死亡），ii）职业事件（培训、临床经验、与同事的关系、工作岗位带来的挑战），以及iii）个人和职业方面相互交织的混合事件（个人治疗和导致不安全感的社会背景）。研究结果表明，在个人发展和职业发展中，自我更加整合。该研究为正在进行的关于职业发展的讨论做出了贡献，揭示了治疗师个人领域和职业领域之间的相互作用。
