This chapter reviews the historical and current trends in the study of therapist effects. We
discuss statistical methods for investigating therapist effects, with a primary focus and …

In 1975, Colwyn Trevarthen first presented his groundbreaking explorations into the early
origins of human intersubjectivity. His influential model dictates that, during intimate and …

This conceptual paper describes the current state of mental health services, identifies critical
problems, and suggests how to solve them. I focus on the potential contributions of artificial …

Nonverbal behavior is a central factor influencing the therapeutic relationship. Despite broad
agreement on its importance, empirical studies assessing nonverbal behavior in counseling …

The work of many great scholars has proliferated a sizable body of knowledge on the
construct of multicultural counseling competence. However, the construct's …

The need to adapt or fit psychotherapy to the individual patients has been universally
recognized from the beginning of modern psychotherapy. As early as 1919, Freud …

Objective Deliberate practice (DP) is recommended as a new approach to facilitate the
acquisition of discrete therapeutic skills, however, its implementation and effectiveness in …

In many domains evidence exists that expertise development goes along with the adaptation
of cognitive structures and processes. Whilst it is generally assumed that expertise and its …

This article overviews my recent acceptance of a Lifetime Achievement Award from
Sapienza University of Rome, in which I discussed three decades of my work on the right …

In many nations, demand for mental health services currently outstrips supply, especially in
the area of talk-based psychological interventions. Within this context, chatbots (software …