Characteristics of Master Therapists
Characteristics of master therapists
Agnes Payne
South African College of Applied Psychology
Practical Counselling Skills 1
25 March 2013
Table of contents
Table of contents..............................................................................................................….............6
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….......7
Overview of the article.....................................................................................................….............8
Summary of the article…………………………………………………………………………..….8
Cognitive domain of master therapists……………………………………………………………..8
Category 1: MTs are voracious learners…………………………………............................8
Category 2: Accumulated experiences have become a major resource for MT………........8
Category 3: MT value cognitive complexity and the ambiguity of the human condition….8
Emotional Domain………………………………………………………………………………….9
Category 4: MT appear to have emotional receptivity…………………………………….9
Category 5: MTs seem to be mentally healthy and mature individuals…………..……….9
Category 6: MTs identifies how their emotional health affects the quality of their work….9
Relational Domain……………………………………………………………….............................9
Category 7: MTs have strong relational skills……………………………………………...9
Category 8: MTs are able to build strong working alliances…………………………...….10 Category 9: MTs are experts at using their relational skills….…………………….…...…10
Opinions that I found interesting…………………………………………………………….……10
What I have learned that was new…………………………………………………………….…..11
The characteristics I do possess and the ones I need to work on……………………………….....11
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………....12
In this assessment I will give an overview of and summarise a journal article by Jennings and Skovholt (1999) with the title; ‘The cognitive, emotional and relational characteristics of master therapists’. The aim of the research in this article was to
Agnes Payne
South African College of Applied Psychology
Practical Counselling Skills 1
25 March 2013
Table of contents
Table of contents..............................................................................................................….............6
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….......7
Overview of the article.....................................................................................................….............8
Summary of the article…………………………………………………………………………..….8
Cognitive domain of master therapists……………………………………………………………..8
Category 1: MTs are voracious learners…………………………………............................8
Category 2: Accumulated experiences have become a major resource for MT………........8
Category 3: MT value cognitive complexity and the ambiguity of the human condition….8
Emotional Domain………………………………………………………………………………….9
Category 4: MT appear to have emotional receptivity…………………………………….9
Category 5: MTs seem to be mentally healthy and mature individuals…………..……….9
Category 6: MTs identifies how their emotional health affects the quality of their work….9
Relational Domain……………………………………………………………….............................9
Category 7: MTs have strong relational skills……………………………………………...9
Category 8: MTs are able to build strong working alliances…………………………...….10 Category 9: MTs are experts at using their relational skills….…………………….…...…10
Opinions that I found interesting…………………………………………………………….……10
What I have learned that was new…………………………………………………………….…..11
The characteristics I do possess and the ones I need to work on……………………………….....11
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………....12
In this assessment I will give an overview of and summarise a journal article by Jennings and Skovholt (1999) with the title; ‘The cognitive, emotional and relational characteristics of master therapists’. The aim of the research in this article was to
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