| Sumario: | Abstract: The objective of this article is to describe the Therapist´s Personal Style (TPS) in clinical
psychologists who work with patients with intellectual disabilities, and to analyse the
effect of the theoretical approach and the years of professional experience. This research
was conducted on a group of 104 psychotherapists from Argentina divided into two equal
groups: 52 who work with people with intellectual disabilities and 52 who work with
the general clinical population in private practice. As a result, significant differences
were found in three dimensions of the TPS: Operative, Involvement, Expressive, which
obtained higher scores in the first group of therapists. The theoretical approach did not
show a differential effect on the therapist groups except for the Expressive function,
and a significant difference was found in years of professional experience in intellectual
disability therapists. These results are discussed with previous research and the
importance of studying the profile of therapists is reflected upon.
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