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Therapists' in-session experiences with depressive clients: A grounded theory.
- Source :
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Psychotherapy Research . Mar2016, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p206-219. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective: This study explores the experiential process of psychotherapists during a session with a currently depressive client. Method: Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 30 therapists and the grounded theory method was used as a methodological framework. Results: The therapists' experience was conceptualized as Experiential oscillation between getting closer to a client's depressive experience and moving away from it. Its development over the course of a session is depicted by a six-phase Depression Co-experiencing Trajectory model. Conclusions: The resultant theory interconnects different therapists' emotional responses to a depressive client within a coherent process model, which allows us to track the changes in therapists' experiences, to name the relations between them, and to connect them with the therapy's in-session microprocesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10503307
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychotherapy Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113739253
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2014.963731