The Role of Therapist Training in the Implementation of Psychosocial Treatments: A Review and Critique with Recommendations
By A. Herschell, D. Kolko, Barbara L. Baumann, Abigail C Davis. Clinical Psychology Review, 2010
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Evidence-based treatments (EBT) are underutilized in community settings, where consumers are often seen for treatment. Underutilization of EBTs may be related to a lack of empirically informed and supported training strategies. The goals of this review are to understand the state of the literature for training therapists in psychotherapy skills and to offer recommendations to improve research in this area. Results of this review of 55 studies evaluating six training methods indicate that multi-component trainings have been studied most often and have most consistently demonstrated positive training outcomes relative to other training methods. Studies evaluating utility of reading, self-directed trainings, and workshops have documented that these methods do not routinely produce positive outcomes. Workshop follow-ups help to sustain outcomes. Little is known about the impact of train-the-trainer methods. Methodological flaws and factors that may influence training outcome and future directions are also reviewed.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Social Psychology
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In General Health Professions
- Byron J. Powell
- Enola K. Proctor
- Bruce F. Chorpita
- E. Daleiden
- J. Curtis McMillen
- M. Southam-Gerow
- Laura J. Damschroder
- R. Beidas
In Social Psychology
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- Methods to Improve the Selection and Tailoring of Implementation Strategies (2017, neutral): “This conflicts with evidence that coaching and post-training follow-up are important.(84,85) Thus, it would likely be less effective to give teachers the choice to opt out of coaching or follow-up training.”
- Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting (2013, background): “Thus, details about the dose or intensity of implementation strategies such as the amount of time spent with an external facilitator [39], the time and intensity of training [80], or the frequency of audit and feedback [81] should be designated a priori and reported.”
- Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence Based Treatments for Youth: Challenges and Recommendations (2012, methodology): “First, a primary method used to train therapists in treatment models, the workshop approach, has been found ineffective at changing provider behavior in many cases2 (e.g., Beidas & Kendall, 2010; Grimshaw et al., 2001; Herschell et al., 2010).”