On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Marc Carter went:
I've taught cognitive in a couple of PhD and PsyD programs, and was shocked to find that most of the students I had actively disdained my skepticism. I started asking each class what they thought was going to make them a good therapist. Not every student, but the majority in every class, thought that he or she'd be a good therapist because of some personal characteristic he or she possessed, not because of knowledge of what worked and what didn't.
I hate to say it, but isn't your students' prediction pretty compatible with: (1) the consistent finding that therapeutic alliance predicts outcome in just about every type of psychotherapy, and (2) the way the dodo bird keeps rising like a phoenix? --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
