Attachment Anxiety, Reflective Functioning and Well-Being as Predictors of Burn-Out and Psychological Distress among Psychotherapists: A Longitudinal Study.
Agostino BrugneraCristina ZarboAndrea ScalabriniAngelo CompareClara MucciSilvia CarraraAngelo Tasca GiorgioPaul L HewittAndrea GrecoBarbara PolettiRosy EspositoFrancesco CattafiClaudio ZulloGianluca Lo CocoPublished in: Clinical psychology & psychotherapy (2023)
These findings suggest that the levels of burn-out and psychological distress among psychotherapists may be alleviated with interventions targeting attachment insecurity, specific aspects of reflective functioning (i.e., certainty about mental states), and well-being.