Interpersonal skills training for experienced therapists
A waitlist-controlled trial found modest gains, largest in alliance skills, and smaller effects than in studies with trainees.
Does an eight-week practice course improve the alliance?
A pilot RCT with CBT therapists found no improvement in patient-rated alliance after a peer-feedback deliberate practice course.
A brief workshop on alliance and interpersonal skills: RCT
Video simulations, role-play and deliberate practice improved the specific relational skills they targeted.
Some deliberations on deliberate practice: a commentary
A relational perspective on deliberate practice, and a warning about building it on thin evidence about expertise.