An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology system to support psychotherapy helping skills training

Training counselling and psychotherapy skills using new technology is a relatively unresearched area of study. The findings from a pilot evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology, mPath, using a mixed method design are reported. The study found that progressive integratio...

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Published inCounselling and psychotherapy research Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 324 - 335
Main Authors Murphy, David, Liao, Faith, Slovak, Petr, Holle, Lisa-Marie, Jackson, Dan, Olivier, Patrick, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020
Subjects
counselling and psychotherapy
deliberate practice
helping skills
mPath
new technology
Psychotherapy
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Summary:Training counselling and psychotherapy skills using new technology is a relatively unresearched area of study. The findings from a pilot evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology, mPath, using a mixed method design are reported. The study found that progressive integration of the new mPath technology into learning helping skills had the best results on developing competency, as assessed by the Person‐Centred Experiential Psychotherapy Scale Training Version. Qualitative interviews showed the technology was acceptable to users. Further research is needed in this emerging field of deliberate practice.
ISSN:1473-3145
1746-1405
DOI:10.1002/capr.12275