Special Series: Accentuating The Role Of Therapist Emotion In Behavior Therapy Training
The role of emotion in psychotherapy supervision: A contextual behavioral analysis

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While much has been written regarding the importance of emotional expression in psychotherapy, much less attention has been paid to the role of emotion in clinical supervision. Recently, several radical behavioral psychotherapies have been developed that may shed light on theoretical issues important to the expression of emotion in supervision. This paper describes the theoretical viewpoints of two such contextual therapies, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and applies the frameworks of these therapies to the process of clinical supervision.

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