title: Individual expertise versus domain expertise.
abstract: Comments on the article by T. J. G. Tracey et al. (see record 2013-45602-001), which addressed the question of whether "psychotherapy is a profession without any expertise." In the past two decades, new insights have emerged on expertise in various domains, including psychotherapy. In particular, the present authors have developed a general, relativistic perspective on expertise that invokes performance-based criteria (Weiss & Shanteau, 2003, 2014). In this commentary, they highlight three distinctions that have emerged from recent research on expertise.
authors.affiliation: Kansas State University.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanteau
authors.affiliation: California State University, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*