Idea management among clinical psychologists and psychotherapists

TY - ABST

T1 - Idea management among clinical psychologists and psychotherapists

AU - Taranu, Mihaela

AU - Rosselli Del Turco, Emilia

AU - Dalsgaard, Peter

N1 - Conference code: 8

PY - 2024/9/15

Y1 - 2024/9/15

N2 - Ideas and their management are deemed highly significant for practitioners in various creative professions, including designers, researchers, and music professionals (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2020; Inie et al., 2022; Rosselli Del Turco & Dalsgaard, 2023). Clinical psychologists and therapists, tasked with continually finding innovative strategies to assist patients amidst the absence of a one-size-fits-all treatment (Cohen, Ashar & DeRubeis, 2019), exemplify the demand for ongoing creativity in healthcare practice. However, surpisingingly little research has focused on how these practioners manage their creative ideas. This presentation focuses on findings from a study involving 60 clinical psychologists/therapists who participated in an online survey, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 16 of the practitioners. We delineate their conceptualizations of creative ideas in practice and identify the distinctive aspects of their workflow, including the tools and infrastructure facilitating idea development. Furthermore, we scrutinize specificities and commonalities in the approach to idea management between clinical psychologists/therapists and practitioners in previous research.

AB - Ideas and their management are deemed highly significant for practitioners in various creative professions, including designers, researchers, and music professionals (Inie & Dalsgaard, 2020; Inie et al., 2022; Rosselli Del Turco & Dalsgaard, 2023). Clinical psychologists and therapists, tasked with continually finding innovative strategies to assist patients amidst the absence of a one-size-fits-all treatment (Cohen, Ashar & DeRubeis, 2019), exemplify the demand for ongoing creativity in healthcare practice. However, surpisingingly little research has focused on how these practioners manage their creative ideas. This presentation focuses on findings from a study involving 60 clinical psychologists/therapists who participated in an online survey, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 16 of the practitioners. We delineate their conceptualizations of creative ideas in practice and identify the distinctive aspects of their workflow, including the tools and infrastructure facilitating idea development. Furthermore, we scrutinize specificities and commonalities in the approach to idea management between clinical psychologists/therapists and practitioners in previous research.

KW - idea management

KW - Psychotherapy

KW - Clinical psychology

KW - Tools

UR - https://www.mic-conference.org/full-program-2/

M3 - Conference abstract for conference

T2 - Marconi Institute for Creativity Conference (MIC 2024)

Y2 - 15 September 2024 through 18 September 2024

ER -