Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study
Previous laboratory studies have explored the importance of participants adopting an immersed or distanced perspective in the analysis of their experiences. These studies concluded that distancing allows analyzing emotions in a healthier way and immersion leads to higher vulnerability. However, in p...
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| author | Ana Bela Couto Eunice Barbosa Sara Silva Tiago Bento Ana Sofia Teixeira Joào Salgado Carla Cunha |
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| description | Previous laboratory studies have explored the importance of participants adopting an immersed or distanced perspective in the analysis of their experiences. These studies concluded that distancing allows analyzing emotions in a healthier way and immersion leads to higher vulnerability. However, in psychotherapy, the relationship between these perspectives and clinical change has been less investigated. The present study aims to contribute to understanding how these variables evolve during psychotherapy and also to explore the therapist’s contributions to this process. This study analyzes a good-outcome case of emotion-focused therapy for depression through two observational measures of psychotherapy process: the measure of immersed and distanced speech – which identifies client’s adoption of an immersed or distanced stance when talking about their problems – and the helping skills system – which identifies therapist’s interventions focused on exploration, insight or action. Results showed a decrease of immersed speech and an increase of distanced speech along the process, with a higher frequency of exploration skills preceding both types of client’s speech. Finally, the evolution of therapist’s and client’s speech showed a reasonable flexibility of therapeutic dialogue throughout the sessions, in particular due to the evolution of client variables (evidencing a higher diversity of behaviors). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-027e2cbdd8fe49bdaacdb5a54e3d70c92022-12-22T02:40:01ZengPAGEPress PublicationsResearch in Psychotherapy2499-75522239-80312016-11-0119210.4081/ripppo.2016.205Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case studyAna Bela Couto0Eunice Barbosa1Sara Silva2Tiago Bento3Ana Sofia Teixeira4Joào Salgado5Carla Cunha6Center of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto; Department of Psychology and Communication, University Institute of Maia-ISMAI, MaiaCognitive-Behavioural Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Coimbra, CoimbraCenter of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto; Department of Psychology and Communication, University Institute of Maia-ISMAI, MaiaCenter of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto; Department of Psychology and Communication, University Institute of Maia-ISMAI, MaiaResearch Center on Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Minho, BragaCenter of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto; Department of Psychology and Communication, University Institute of Maia-ISMAI, MaiaCenter of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto; Department of Psychology and Communication, University Institute of Maia-ISMAI, MaiaPrevious laboratory studies have explored the importance of participants adopting an immersed or distanced perspective in the analysis of their experiences. These studies concluded that distancing allows analyzing emotions in a healthier way and immersion leads to higher vulnerability. However, in psychotherapy, the relationship between these perspectives and clinical change has been less investigated. The present study aims to contribute to understanding how these variables evolve during psychotherapy and also to explore the therapist’s contributions to this process. This study analyzes a good-outcome case of emotion-focused therapy for depression through two observational measures of psychotherapy process: the measure of immersed and distanced speech – which identifies client’s adoption of an immersed or distanced stance when talking about their problems – and the helping skills system – which identifies therapist’s interventions focused on exploration, insight or action. Results showed a decrease of immersed speech and an increase of distanced speech along the process, with a higher frequency of exploration skills preceding both types of client’s speech. Finally, the evolution of therapist’s and client’s speech showed a reasonable flexibility of therapeutic dialogue throughout the sessions, in particular due to the evolution of client variables (evidencing a higher diversity of behaviors).https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/205ImmersionDistancingTherapist’s interventionsEmotion-focused therapyDepression |
| spellingShingle | Ana Bela Couto Eunice Barbosa Sara Silva Tiago Bento Ana Sofia Teixeira Joào Salgado Carla Cunha Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study Research in Psychotherapy Immersion Distancing Therapist’s interventions Emotion-focused therapy Depression |
| title | Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study |
| title_full | Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study |
| title_fullStr | Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study |
| title_short | Client's immersed and distanced speech and therapist's interventions in emotion-focused therapy for depression: an intensive analysis of a case study |
| title_sort | client s immersed and distanced speech and therapist s interventions in emotion focused therapy for depression an intensive analysis of a case study |
| topic | Immersion Distancing Therapist’s interventions Emotion-focused therapy Depression |
| url | https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/205 |
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