Evaluating psychotherapist competence: Testing the generalizability of clinical competence assessments of graduate trainees.

Health service psychology (HSP) graduate programs are shifting from knowledge- to competency-based assessments of trainees' psychotherapy skills. This study used Generalizability Theory to test the dependability of psychotherapy competence assessments based on video observation of trainees. A 10-item rating form was developed from a collection of forms used by graduate programs ( = 102) in counseling and clinical psychology, and a review of the common factors research literature.

Examining mental health practitioners' perceptions of clients based on social class and sexual orientation.

There is negligible research exploring mental health clinicians' perceptions of clients based upon client social class and sexual orientation (McGarrity, 2014; Whitcomb & Walinsky, 2013). The purpose of this study was to examine how licensed mental health clinicians' perceptions of clients were influenced by a hypothetical client's social class and sexual orientation using a 2 (lower social class vs. higher social class) × 2 (lesbian vs.

The importance of problem-focused treatments: A meta-analysis of anxiety treatments.

One explanation for differences in treatment effectiveness for targeted symptoms is that more-effective treatments are more focused on patients' problems than are less-effective treatments. This conjecture was examined meta-analytically. Comparisons of two treatments of adults with anxiety disorders were included.