Lodz Gestlat School invites you to a gestalt webinar: Psychotherapy Research Methodology – Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske. What should a psychotherapist (Gestalt) know about psychotherapy research methodology?
1 The world of paradigms: classification of research in the social sciences
- Quantitative vs. qualitative research: when do we count symptoms and when do we analyze the narrative of the client person?
- Experiment, correlation, case study: understanding the hierarchy of scientific evidence (from case studies to RCTs and meta-analyses).
- Efficacy: under natural conditions (effectiveness) vs laboratory conditions (efficacy).
2 The effectiveness of psychotherapy: what does the science say?
- Healing factors in psychotherapy: how much success depends on the relationship and how much on the techniques used?
- Evidence-Based Practice: what is scientific evidence and how to integrate it with clinical knowledge and client person preferences.
- How to read scientific articles and not be fooled: relevance of results.
- The effectiveness of Gestalt psychotherapy: an analysis of qualitative, quantitative studies and meta-analyses.
3. architecture of the research process: from question to conclusion
- Formulating research problems: how to turn clinical intuition into a testable question?
- Operationalizing variables: how to “measure” such constructs as insight, therapeutic alliance or well-being?
- Sampling and control groups: ethical and organizational challenges.
4 Procedure for developing your own methodology
- Choosing a research strategy: matching tools to the research model.
- Tool essentials: overview of questionnaires – standardized tests vs abbreviated tests, method fidelity scale, client person expectation scale.
5. research ethics
- Ethics in psychotherapy research: role conflict and client privacy.
Gestalt webinar: Methodology of psychotherapy research – Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske
Psychologist, therapist, crisis interventionist, head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at SWPS University in Poznan. She deals with issues of stress and ways of coping with it. She is the author of programs for the prevention of psychosocial risks and the author of scientific publications on stress, professional burnout and bullying, ways to counteract them and factors that support development and mental health.
Head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology and Law at Poznan SWPS University. Graduate of the School of Trainers and Psychotherapists of the Gestalt Therapy Institute in Krakow. EMDR therapist. Ericksonian hypnotherapist. Consultant, interventionist, therapist and trainer in the topics of communication and assertiveness and coping with stress, professional burnout, aggression in the workplace, bullying and sexual harassment. Expert appointed to participate in Anti-Mobbing Committees. Creator and implementer of health promotion and psychosocial risk prevention programs.