THERAPIST INTERVENTIONS AND CLIENT EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCING IN EXPERT PSYCHODYNAMIC-INTERPERSONAL AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES

Eighteen sessions of cognitive-behavioral (CB) and 13 sessions of psyc he dynamic - interpersonal therapy obtained from experienced clinician s in a naturalistic setting were investigated to determine the various therapeutic interventions associated with high and low emotional expe riencing (EXP). Clients receiving reflections and acknowledgments, aff iliative and noncontrolling interventions, or interventions highlighti ng nonspecific client content were associated with maintained high EXP . Lengthier interventions and interventions rated as affiliative but m oderately controlling were associated with shifts to low EXP. For clie nts of CB therapists, questions, interventions rated affiliative but c ontrolling, and highlighting minimal emotional content were also assoc iated with shifts to low EXP. Male therapists were associated with cli ents who maintained high EXP and female therapists were associated wit h clients who shifted to low EXP.