title: Competency in integrative psychotherapy: perspectives on training and supervision.
abstract: Increasingly, many psychotherapists identify with an integrative approach to psychotherapy. In recent years, more attention has been directed toward the operationalization and evaluation of competence in professional psychology and health care service delivery. Aspects of integrative psychotherapy competency may differ from competency in other psychotherapy orientations, although convergence is more often the case. Despite the potential differences, there exist very few formal training programs or guidelines to systematically guide clinicians in developing a competent integrative practice. This paper attempts to distill the essential elements of competent integrative psychotherapy practice and focuses on how these might be developed in training and supervision. We address most of these complex issues from a specific integrative perspective: principle-based assimilative integration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. jfb197@psu.edu
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Boswell
authors.forename: Dana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Samuel S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nordberg
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: McAleavey
authors.forename: Louis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Castonguay
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*