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Supervision & Training

Research on supervision, trainees and the teaching of psychotherapy and research. 22 records.

  1. ArticleApr 2026Vol. 16

    Navigating Foreignness and non-nativeness in post-Brexit UK

    Giovanna Bucci, Alistair McBeath, Michelle Ruger

    An IPA study, stimulated by the lead author’s own personal experiences, explored how foreign and non-native therapy trainees experience life in the UK after Brexit.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2980Read article at journal Record & citation
  2. ArticleJul 2025Vol. 15, pp. 21–40

    Facilitating Emotion Focused Skills Training for parents online (EFST-O): Insights about self-disclosure, group dynamics and culture

    Olga Lehmann, Nadia Ansar, Valeria Markova, Ottar Ness, Silja Berg Kårstad

    The Emotion Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a program for parents who want to promote the mental health of their children, and their own.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3111Read article at journal Record & citation
  3. ArticleSep 2024Vol. 14, pp. 44–61

    Learning from embodied tension: A naturalistic multimodal single case study of nonverbal expressions and interactions in a psychotherapy training process

    Cecilie Hillestad Hoff, Helen A. Nissen-Lie, Hanne Strømme

    This multimodal single case study explored how nonverbal communication was handled in a psychodynamic training process.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3102Read article at journal Record & citation
  4. ArticleNov 2023Vol. 13, pp. 186–203

    A balancing act – Therapists’ experiences of conducting psychotherapy with psychosis clients

    Jens Knutsson, Rebecka Jägestedt, Malin Persson, Jonas Ramner, Eva Hoff

    This study aimed to explore therapists’ experiences of providing therapy for people with a history of psychosis and examine the role played by psychotic symptoms in therapy. Interviews with 10 therapists were conducted and analyzed thematically using…

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3077Read article at journal Record & citation
  5. ArticleNov 2023Vol. 13, pp. 136–152

    How storytelling impacts students in their psychotherapy training

    Karen Dempsey

    The use and impact of storytelling in counselling and psychotherapy training was explored using a mixed-methods approach. An online survey completed by 30 therapists and 12 counselling tutors produced both quantitative and qualitative data.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3080Read article at journal Record & citation
  6. ArticleNov 2023Vol. 13, pp. 121–135

    Learning to end: Trainee therapists’ experiences of imposed therapeutic endings

    Jeremy Vernon, Robert D. Schweitzer

    The aim of the study was to explore trainee therapists’ experiences of imposing therapy endings with their clients, where endings were imposed by the conclusion of training.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3081Read article at journal Record & citation
  7. ArticleNov 2023Vol. 13, pp. 109–120

    Competency model of training in psychotherapy integration

    Jana Kostínková, Tomáš Řiháček, Jan Roubal, Adam Horváth

    This study aimed to develop a competency model for the Training in Psychotherapy Integration program in the Czech Republic.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3082Read article at journal Record & citation
  8. ArticleMay 2023Vol. 13, pp. 33–47

    Views about mixed methods research from counselling and psychotherapy research students and supervisors

    Alistair McBeath, Sofie Bager-Charleson, Linda Finlay

    How do students and supervisors who are actively involved in the process of research view and experience mixed methods research? This study explores their views, based on a survey reaching 125 respondents.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3090Read article at journal Record & citation
  9. ArticleAug 2020Vol. 10, pp. 53–67

    “You’ve got children haven’t you…?”: Involuntary childlessness as a neglected aspect of therapist diversity in the professional context

    Martin Stokley, Val Sanders

    In a previous article we detailed the findings of a qualitative research project into the lived experience of qualified involuntary childless therapists and showed how this connected to work with clients in the therapy room.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article3000Read article at journal Record & citation
  10. ArticleSep 2018Vol. 8, pp. 23–33

    Being seduced: Trainee therapists’ reactions to and handling of client sexual attraction in therapy

    Maria Luca

    This study explored how trainee therapists react to and handle client sexual attraction in their work. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 trainees.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2973Read article at journal Record & citation
  11. ArticleSep 2018Vol. 8, pp. 13–22

    Forming an Integrative Training Concept: A case study of the training in psychotherapy integration

    Jana Kostínková, Jan Roubal

    The literature on the nature of integrative psychotherapy training is patchy. This study aimed to explore how integrative elements are conceptualized and taught.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2974Read article at journal Record & citation
  12. ArticleAug 2014Issue 7, pp. 53–64

    Group Supervision: A reflective and creative space

    Rose Falzon

    In this article, I enquire about the perception and use of creativity and innovation in group supervision, taking into account the setting and culture one works in.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2952Read article at journal Record & citation
  13. ArticleAug 2014Issue 7, pp. 31–52

    Walking in Quicksand: An exploration of trainee’s experience of a five day residential training workshop

    Ken Evans

    In June 2013, sixteen Integrative psychotherapy trainees attended a five day residential training workshop to introduce them to qualitative research.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2953Read article at journal Record & citation
  14. ArticleAug 2014Issue 7, pp. 22–30

    Research Project

    Dawn Gwilt

    As I began planning my research project as part of my Gestalt psychotherapy training, my initial interest centred around the question of ‘what works in therapy?’

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2954Read article at journal Record & citation
  15. ArticleAug 2011Issue 5, pp. 71–82

    Supervision and Training of Psychotherapists in an Indian Therapeutic Community

    Usha Srinath, Vijendra Kumar S.K.

    The process of getting therapy supervision while working in a therapeutic community setting with persons suffering from chronic mental illness differs from those working in other clinical settings.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2885Read article at journal Record & citation
  16. ArticleAug 2011Issue 5, pp. 43–55

    The Value and Cost of Mandatory Personal Therapy

    Tami Avis

    Counselling psychology trainees in the UK are obliged to undertake a minimum of 40 hours of personal therapy. This paper is part of a wider doctoral study on how this mandatory therapy is experienced.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2887Read article at journal Record & citation
  17. ArticleAug 2009Issue 4, pp. 30–39

    Supervisee Experiences of Broadening and Narrowing in Counselling Supervision

    Nicola Gazzola, Anne Theriault

    This study investigated supervisee perspectives of broadening and narrowing processes in counselling supervision.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2881Read article at journal Record & citation
  18. ArticleAug 2008Issue 3, pp. 30–37

    Epiphany Storytelling as a Means of Reinforcing and Embedding Transformational Therapeutic Change

    Joan Fletcher

    The mental health field has seen a groundswell of interest in user perspectives as a crucial element of research, training and service enhancement.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2876Read article at journal Record & citation
  19. ArticleAug 2007Issue 2, pp. 23–31

    A Study to Explore the Emergence of Shadow Phenomena in Integrative Psychotherapy Training Institutes

    Kate Wilkinson

    This article takes the reader through a process of qualitative research examining the role of shadow, explored from the perspective of psychotherapy training institutes.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2871Read article at journal Record & citation
  20. ArticleJul 2006Issue 1, pp. 27–33

    An experiential approach to teaching qualitative research

    Ken Evans

    A phenomenological exploration of the experience of teaching research experientially, via an exploration of shame among Gestalt therapists in several European countries.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2812Read article at journal Record & citation
  21. ArticleJul 2006Issue 1, pp. 21–26

    Before and After: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Impact of a Four-Year Training in Gestalt Psychotherapy on Gestalt Psychotherapists

    Gro Skottun

    A phenomenological and qualitative exploration into how a group of gestalt psychotherapists in Norway had been impacted by their training.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2813Read article at journal Record & citation
  22. ArticleJul 2006Issue 1, pp. 10–20

    Parallel Process in Supervision: A qualitative investigation

    Joanna Hewitt Taylor, Rosalind Rodway, Stella Poole, Rob Tyson

    This study explored the phenomenon of parallel process as experienced by a group of four Gestalt and integrative counsellors and psychotherapists and four supervisors.

    DOI 10.24377/EJQRP.article2814Read article at journal Record & citation