More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy
In a study comparing mentalisation-based group therapy (MBT-G) and group analytic psychotherapy (GAP) in a day clinic, both group psychotherapy forms were found to be highly effective. But how did specific interventions and processes in both groups differ? The present article describes student rate...
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In a study comparing mentalisation-based group therapy (MBT-G) and group analytic psychotherapy (GAP) in a day clinic, both group psychotherapy forms were found to be highly effective. But how did specific interventions and processes in both groups differ? The present article describes student raters impressions. Twelve psychology students listened to 100 audio recordings of 90 minutes group psychotherapy sessions of GAP and MBT-G. Each session was randomly assigned to two student raters, who were asked to write down their impressions. These were analysed. Group conductors in MBT-G used more questions, had short shares of speech, used group dynamics and fostered multiple perspectives on issues discussed. Affect perception was stimulated by asking questions. In PDGT, conductors used more interpretations, confrontations and supportive interventions, and they had longer shared of speech. Handling of affects was based on ‘allowing to get infected’. Discussion. It is hypothesized that symptom reduction in both groups occurred via different ways: in GAP the pathic (affective contagion) function of interactions was more relevant, while in MBT-G it was the phatic (contact keeping) function. Results are also discussed in relation to previous findings on group processes and interventions.
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| spelling | doaj.art-19debcbf7b884303ab900ffe694623262022-12-30T14:49:16ZengPAGEPress PublicationsResearch in Psychotherapy2499-75522239-80312022-12-0125310.4081/ripppo.2022.642More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapyJohannes Pries0Alexander Niecke1Annekatrin Vetter2Ulrich Schultz-Venrath3Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, GermanyPsychoanalytic Praxis, Cologne, GermanyUniversity Witten-Herdecke, Germany In a study comparing mentalisation-based group therapy (MBT-G) and group analytic psychotherapy (GAP) in a day clinic, both group psychotherapy forms were found to be highly effective. But how did specific interventions and processes in both groups differ? The present article describes student raters impressions. Twelve psychology students listened to 100 audio recordings of 90 minutes group psychotherapy sessions of GAP and MBT-G. Each session was randomly assigned to two student raters, who were asked to write down their impressions. These were analysed. Group conductors in MBT-G used more questions, had short shares of speech, used group dynamics and fostered multiple perspectives on issues discussed. Affect perception was stimulated by asking questions. In PDGT, conductors used more interpretations, confrontations and supportive interventions, and they had longer shared of speech. Handling of affects was based on ‘allowing to get infected’. Discussion. It is hypothesized that symptom reduction in both groups occurred via different ways: in GAP the pathic (affective contagion) function of interactions was more relevant, while in MBT-G it was the phatic (contact keeping) function. Results are also discussed in relation to previous findings on group processes and interventions. https://researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/642Psychodynamic group psychotherapymentalisation based group psychotherapygroup analytic psychotherapytreatment adherence |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Pries Alexander Niecke Annekatrin Vetter Ulrich Schultz-Venrath More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy Research in Psychotherapy Psychodynamic group psychotherapy mentalisation based group psychotherapy group analytic psychotherapy treatment adherence |
| title | More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| title_full | More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| title_fullStr | More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| title_short | More than one way home - Student raters' impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| title_sort | more than one way home student raters impressions of interventions and group processes in mentalisation based group psychotherapy and group analytic psychotherapy |
| topic | Psychodynamic group psychotherapy mentalisation based group psychotherapy group analytic psychotherapy treatment adherence |
| url | https://researchinpsychotherapy.org/index.php/rpsy/article/view/642 |
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