@article{3099313,
    title = "The screening role of an introductory course in cognitive therapy
training",
    author = "Pehlivanidis, Artemios and Papanikolaou, Katerina and Politis, Antonis and and Liossi, Angeliki and Daskalopoulou, Evgenia and Gournellis, Rossetos and and Soldatos, Marina and Papakosta, Vasiliki Maria and Zervas, Ioannis and and Papakostas, Yiannis G.",
    journal = "Academic Psychiatry",
    year = "2006",
    volume = "30",
    number = "3",
    pages = "196-199",
    publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
    issn = "1042-9670, 1545-7230",
    doi = "10.1176/appi.ap.30.3.196",
    abstract = "Objective: This study examines the role of an introductory course in
cognitive therapy and the relative importance of trainees’
characteristics in the selection process for an advanced course in
cognitive therapy.
Method: The authors assessed the files of all trainees who completed one
academic year introductory course in cognitive therapy over the last
seven consecutive years (N = 203). The authors examined variables such
as previous training, overall involvement during the course,
performance, and ability to relate to others, as well as the trainer’s
evaluations of their performance.
Results: Interaction skills in group situations and performance in
written assignments were better predictors for admission into the
advanced course.
Conclusions: Trainees’ abilities to learn and to successfully relate to
others in group situations are critical for entering an advanced
cognitive therapy training course. These findings question the policy of
full-scale training in cognitive therapy based merely on the candidates’
professional background, stressing instead the merits of an introductory
course as an appropriate screening procedure."
}