Heidi Zetzer with Harold Chui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Clara Hill, University of Maryland, College Park, at the 50th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Researh in Argentina
Heidi Zetzer, Director of the Hosford Clinic at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, took part in two panels at the 50th Annual International Meeting for Psychotherapy Research in Buenos Aires, Argentina July 3-6. The Society for Psychotherapy Research is an international, multidisciplinary scientific association devoted to research on psychotherapy. SPR encourages the development of research on psychotherapy as well as aims to support and enhance both the empirical basis and applied value of research on psychotherapy.
Zetzer was a member of the structured discussion panel “Learning to Use the Therapist’s ‘Best Self’ in an Authentic, Therapeutic Way,” which featured global participants from the USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Israel, and Argentina. Therapist authenticity is a critical and possibly mutative therapeutic process. The capacity to be oneself, and ideally, one’s best, most genuine self, is an important but poorly understood component of professional identity. Therapists-in-training often struggle to simultaneously be authentic and intervene therapeutically with clients. Little is known about how trainees learn to integrate their personal selves with therapeutic technique, or about the roles of clinical training and supervision in therapist development of the ability to be human in the psychotherapy hour. This structured discussion will provide an opportunity for group discussion among colleagues on how therapists learn to be their authentic selves, the roles of clinical training and supervision, and directions for future research.
Zetzer was also the discussant for the panel “Therapy Process: From Therapist Affect to Collaboration,” responding to a series of three papers: “Mood Induction in Therapists before Sessions: What are the Effects?,” “A Case Study of Client Insight and Collaboration in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: The Role of Interpretations and Probes for Insight,” and “Advice-Giving in Psychotherapy: Is It Advised?”
Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer is the Director of the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Zetzer teaches Theories of Supervision & Consultation, Supervision Practicum, supervises student clinicians and student supervisors, and coordinates externships. Dr. Zetzer is the President of the Association of Psychology Training Clinics, Chair of the Section for Supervision and Training in the Society of Counseling Psychology (Div 17) of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Zetzer is a former president of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association (SBCPA).