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Attachment theory was used to conceptualise the supervisory relationship. The type of attachment that supervisees reported in their close relationships was used to determine whether or not their feelings toward their supervisor revealed a relationship of attachment. The sample consisted of 90 distinct supervisor-supervisee dyads from diverse professional backgrounds. Supervisees classified as secure, preoccupied, fearful, or dismissive in their close relationships were similarly attached in relationship to their clinical supervisor. Further, supervisees with an insecure attachment to their supervisor demonstrated low levels of professional development when professional development was based on self-report but not when it was based on supervisor report. Results are discussed in light of the role that attachment plays in the training of supervisees.
This study explored the relationship between psychotherapists' personality traits (i.e., intuition, openness for experience, and need for cognition) and their therapeutic orientation (i.e., insight versus behavior oriented). Results of N = 184 psychotherapists indicate a higher relationship between personality and therapeutic orientation (TO) for the later stages of their careers. Although the TO of therapists' initial psychotherapy training was only explained by their discipline (psychology, medicine) and the TO of their graduate school, their current work as well as the TO of subsequent trainin