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Finished listening to the podcast. You also say that therapist intelligence isn’t strongly related to therapy outcomes. This is something I’ve looked for in the past, but wasn’t able to find anything. Got a link for this? :)

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I don’t think there is a study on this topic directly, but one could infer it from many of the paraprofessional studies. Some say emotional intelligence is related but idk whether that’s the same as like IQ

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Yeah, it surprises me that there isn’t a study that directly addresses this. In other areas, IQ is the single best predictor of job performance. And it’s not like there aren’t “kitchen sink” studies that try to measure everything. Weird that people have neglected IQ

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Early on, you mention a study that compared therapy efficacy administered by English teachers vs therapists. Got a link to that?

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It's this study - I got it from the book "House of Cards" by Dawes. Looks like the professors taught English, History, Math, and Philosophy.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/492193

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Awesome, thanks!

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