Training and Supervision in Psychotherapy Integration

This chapter considers training and supervision in psychotherapy integration. The authors begin by identifying an ideal educational sequence for psychotherapists and then discuss training in light of the four principal routes of integration—technical eclecticism, theoretical integration, common factors, and assimilative integration—whose training objectives and sequence differ somewhat. Next, the chapter addresses questions regarding the centrality of personal therapy and the necessity of research training in the preparation of integrative therapists. The authors review integrative supervision, specifically seven of its distinctive practices. The chapter concludes with a discussion of organizational strategies for promoting psychotherapy integration and some future directions for integrative training in mental health.

Training in Psychotherapy Integration

Chapter 21 introduces an ideal training model for psychotherapy integration. It then considers training in light of the four principal routes of integration - technical eclecticism, theoretical integration, common factors, and assimilative integration - as the training objectives and sequence will differ somewhat among them. Next, it addresses questions regarding the centrality of personal therapy and the necessity of research training in the preparation of integrative therapists. It reviews integrative supervision, specifically problems in the acquisition of integrative competence and an improved system. It concludes with a discussion of organizational strategies for introducing changes, particularly those promoting psychotherapy integration, into training institutions.