Cognitive therapy competence scale for social phobia

Cognitive therapy competence scale for social phobia

Therapist competence has typically been measured by two trained independent assessors who score two separate sessional videotapes using a 0 to 6 scale “with ratings of 0 indicating poor therapist performance and ratings of 6 indicating excellent competence.” Competence scores have predicted outcome‚ particularly the six starred items. Note that highly trained/supervised‚ successful therapists only averaged a score of 2.9.

please use the 0 to 6 scale on the right – the numbers indicate therapist competence		0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	agenda setting
2	dealing with objections‚ questions‚ problems
3	clarity of communication
4	pacing and efficient use of time*
5	interpersonal effectiveness*
6	resource orientation (see below)*
7	reviewing social phobia questionnaires and other measures
8	reviewing previously set homework
9	use of feedback and summaries
10	guided discovery
11	focus on social phobia related cog-nitions‚ imagery‚ etc (see below)*
12	rationale
13	se‎lection of appropriate strategies for change (see below)*
14	appropriate implementation of techniques for change (see below)*
15	integration of discussion and experiential techniques
16	homework setting

6. resource orientation: ”enable the patient to be aware of (their) positive ch‎aracteristics and skills and focus on how these can be used to reach self-set goals in therapy." 11. ”Focus on social-phobia-related cognitions‚ self-focused attention‚ safety behaviors‚ and biased imagery.” 13. ”se‎lection of appropriate strategies for change in social-phobia-related cognition and maintaining factors (including se‎lection of behavioral experiments and other experiential exercises). 14. ”Appropriate implementation of techniques for change in social-phobia-related cognition and maintaining factors (including se‎lection of behavioral experiments and other experimental exercises).