Cognitive science of therapist expertise

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25730094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Otemon Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Nagaoka Chika 追手門学院大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (00609779)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 熟達 / セラピスト / 相互作用 / 言葉がけ / 非言語行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined whether therapists' memory of client-presented information varies qualitatively according to the number of years of therapy experience. The results indicated that the experienced therapist group scored the highest in recalling client-presented information and that recalled contents differed among the participant groups. This study also aimed to investigate the characteristics of effective interaction between a therapist and his/her client during a session of therapy. The results indicated that the expert therapists appropriately provided attentive utterances and physical support according to the client' s actions. Implications of the results for the steps to gain therapist expertise were discussed.

Free Research Field

認知科学