Attitudes of psychotherapists towards professional co-operation. An exploratory study

Authors

  • Egbert Steiner
  • Ludwig Reiter

Abstract

With the law for psychotherapeutic practice in 1990 psychotherapy entered the health-care system as a new profession. To provide a better and more efficient service politicians and professionals again and again made proposals for an enhancement of co-operation between the different professional groups in this system. On this background the present pilot study examines the opinions of psychotherapists towards cooperation with other professionals outside institutional settings. The study consists of two parts. In a first step seven experienced psychotherapists were interviewed about cooperation and the importance of this topic for their professional work. In a second step a 78-item questionnaire informed by the result of the interviews was administered to 79 psychotherapists in Austria. The result supports a multi-faceted concept of co-operation. The items are grouped according to certain domains and interpreted. An explorative factor analysis of the questionnaire indicates a provisional typology of therapists in regard to their attitudes towards professional co-operation.

Keywords:
Psychotherapeutic co-operation, attitudes, professionalization.

Author Biographies

Egbert Steiner

Steiner Egbert, Wien. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Instituts für Ehe- und Familientherapie, Wien

Ludwig Reiter

Reiter Ludwig, Univ.-Doz., Dr. med., Wien. Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, systemischer Psychotherapeut, Assistenzprofessor an der Universitätsklinik für Tiefenpsychologie und Psychotherapie Wien, affiliertes Mitglied der Wiener Psychoanalytischen Vereinigung, Gründer der Österreichischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für systemische Therapie und systemische Studien ((DAS). Arbeitsschwerpunkt: systemische Therapie, Psychotherapieforschung.

Korrespondenz: Ass.-Prof. Univ.-Doz. Dr. Ludwig Reiter, Universitätsklinik für Tiefenpsychologie und Psychotherapie, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Wien

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Published

1997-01-01

How to Cite

Steiner, E., & Reiter, L. (1997). Attitudes of psychotherapists towards professional co-operation. An exploratory study. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 5(1), 38–52. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/626

Issue

No. 1 (1997): Psychotherapie Forum 5/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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