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  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Mental Health Professionals

Background:

  • Burnout is a significant concern in psychotherapy.
  • Research on burnout differences across psychotherapist training levels is limited.
  • Existing studies often focus on burnout risks and consequences, not training-level variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment) between master's-level and doctoral-level psychotherapists.
  • To investigate the moderating roles of training level and caseload control on the relationship between treatment hours and burnout.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 108 licensed psychotherapists from varying training levels were surveyed.
  • Burnout symptoms were assessed using established measures.
  • Exploratory regression analyses examined the interplay between training level, caseload control, treatment hours, and burnout.

Main Results:

  • Master's-level psychotherapists reported significantly higher depersonalization than doctoral-level psychotherapists.
  • Training level moderated the association between weekly treatment hours and depersonalization.
  • Caseload control further moderated this relationship: master's-level therapists with less control experienced more depersonalization with increased client hours.

Conclusions:

  • Burnout, particularly depersonalization, may disproportionately affect master's-level psychotherapists.
  • Enhancing autonomy and control over caseloads for master's-level therapists could be a strategy to reduce burnout.
  • Further research is needed to explore these dynamics and inform supportive interventions for psychotherapists.