Danish psychologists as psychotherapists: Professional, demographic and personal characteristics, and change in theoretical orientations

TY - JOUR

T1 - Danish psychologists as psychotherapists

T2 - Professional, demographic and personal characteristics, and change in theoretical orientations

AU - Jacobsen, Claus Haugaard

AU - Nielsen, Jan

AU - Orlinsky, David

PY - 2012/9

Y1 - 2012/9

N2 - Psychologists are by far the biggest group of professional psychotherapists in Denmark, and this article presents data from two samples of psychologist psychotherapists collected at an interval of 15 years. The subjects in both samples responded to the Development of Psychotherapists Common Core Questionnaire (DPCCQ). This study aims to give a first overview of the samples describing their professional, practice, demographic and personal characteristics, and also provides a view of changes in the prevalence of different theoretical orientations in the samples collected in 1993–1995 and 2009–2010. The samples consist mainly of mature adults who are highly experienced therapists. An apparent historical shift from many years of analytic/psychodynamic dominance to a major growth in interest in cognitive therapies is documented. Both orientations are currently equally salient among the therapists, and further analysis suggests a possible future scenario with cognitive dominance. Personal and demographical characteristics are presented, including data on current life satisfaction and current life stress. Suggestions for further analysis of DPCCQ data are given.

AB - Psychologists are by far the biggest group of professional psychotherapists in Denmark, and this article presents data from two samples of psychologist psychotherapists collected at an interval of 15 years. The subjects in both samples responded to the Development of Psychotherapists Common Core Questionnaire (DPCCQ). This study aims to give a first overview of the samples describing their professional, practice, demographic and personal characteristics, and also provides a view of changes in the prevalence of different theoretical orientations in the samples collected in 1993–1995 and 2009–2010. The samples consist mainly of mature adults who are highly experienced therapists. An apparent historical shift from many years of analytic/psychodynamic dominance to a major growth in interest in cognitive therapies is documented. Both orientations are currently equally salient among the therapists, and further analysis suggests a possible future scenario with cognitive dominance. Personal and demographical characteristics are presented, including data on current life satisfaction and current life stress. Suggestions for further analysis of DPCCQ data are given.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - psykologer som psykoterapeuter

U2 - 10.1080/19012276.2012.731311

DO - 10.1080/19012276.2012.731311

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1901-2276

VL - 64

SP - 168

EP - 181

JO - Nordic Psychology

JF - Nordic Psychology

IS - 3

ER -