Which Case Conference is Effective in Clinical Psychology? : A Study of methods of Case Conferences :

本研究旨在探讨心理支援专业人员（特别是新进人员）训练所使用的“个案会议”风格。特别是家庭治疗方法之一的反思过程（RP）的应用是本研究的重点。结果发现：在RP式会议中，新专家和支持工作有困难的演讲者报告他们的负面情绪减少与自由讨论式会议相同。此外，他们在RP风格中获得了比自由讨论风格更多的有益和/或可用的想法。此外，研究还表明，快速反应具有促进创意产生的机制。这些结果表明RP式会议的有效性。

The purpose of this study was to examine the style of "case conferences", which were used for training (especially, new) experts in psychological support. Particularly, application of the REFLECTING PROCESS (RP) which is one of the methods of family therapy was focused in this study. The following results were found: In the RP-style conference, the presenters who were new experts and had trouble in their support work reported decrease in their negative emotion as same as in the Free Discussion style conference. Also, they gained a larger number of beneficial and/or available ideas in the RP-style than in the Free Discussion style. Furthermore, it was showen that RP had some mechanisms to advance the production of ideas. These results revealed effectiveness of the RP-style conference.