Clinical Decision-Making And Intuition: A Task Analysis Of 44 Experienced Counsellors

Keywords

clinical decision-making; factor analysis; intuition; Q-Methodology

Abstract

Background: Clinical decision-making and intuition are important concepts to counsellors. However, our understanding of clinical decision-making and intuition, that is the process whereby clinicians make sound therapeutic judgements, is not well understood and thus is an underrepresented area of research in counselling. Aim: The purpose of this study was to better understand the development of clinical decision-making and intuition and how it is utilised during therapeutic encounters. Methodology: This study used Q-Methodology to explore the responses of 44 experienced clinicians to a set of standardised clinical scenarios. Findings: The results suggested that experienced clinicians clustered into a single, common-factor response, which the researchers assert is the factor of intuition. Implications: The implications from the study's findings include that (a) the study's methodology shows promise for developing more advanced research designs that measure the influence of clinical decision-making and intuition on client outcomes and (b) the resulting single common factor suggests that experienced clinicians eventually transcend the confines of any single theoretical perspective.

Publication Date

12-1-2016

Publication Title

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volume

16

Issue

4

Number of Pages

244-255

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12084

Socpus ID

84989813262 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84989813262

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