Clients'' Problem Representations in Psychotherapists with Various Employment Terms
In this article, the client's problem representations in psychotherapists with various employment terms are investigated. In total, 48 psychotherapists practicing from 1 to 17 years participated in the study, which was conducted as a structured interview followed by content analysis of the given answers. The aim of the interview was to clarify an imaginary client's problem representations in therapists. We used a written case that imitated a real client's initial complaint. The respondents' answers were analyzed using a category grid developed on the basis of the theoretical models for solving complex problems. The hypothesis about the correlation between the representations of a problem situation in therapists with different employment terms was not confirmed. Only few parameters of the representations differed among beginners and experts, and these results are consistent to other researchers data.