LEVEL OF THERAPIST FUNCTIONING PATIENT DEPTH OF SELF-EXPLORATION AND TYPE OF CONFRONTATION

1ST-INTERVIEW TAPE RECORDINGS OF 13 HIGH- AND 43 LOW-FUNCTIONING THERAPISTS WERE STUDIED IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF PATIENT DEPTH OF SELF-EXPLORATION AS WELL AS TYPE AND FREQUENCY OF THERAPIST-INITIATED CONFRONTATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT, ALTHOUGH NEITHER HIGH NOR LOW THERAPISTS WERE INFLUENCED BY THE LEVEL OF PATIENT SELF-EXPLORATION, THE TYPE AND FREQUENCY OF CONFRONTATIONS WERE EMPLOYED DIFFERENTIALLY BY THE 2 GROUPS OF THERAPISTS. LOW-LEVEL THERAPISTS HAD A MUCH GREATER PROPORTION OF LOW SELF-EXPLORING PATIENTS THAN DID HIGH-LEVEL THERAPISTS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.