Coincidence of connecting emotional tone with abstraction and the psychotherapeutic outcome
Keywords:
Empirical evidence, Emotion-abstraction patterns, Research on psychotherapeutic processAbstract
The current study aimed to test the statement that “patients who do not succeed in connecting their emotions with cognition during therapy are unlikely to improve”. Two processes of brief psychodynamic psychotherapies, one successful the other not, were analyzed in accordance with the Therapeutic Cycles Model. The Therapeutic Cycles Model is a computer-assisted text analysis method that permits the identification of emotion-abstraction patterns in narratives by interlocutors. Four patterns are identified: Relaxing, Experiencing, Reflecting and Connecting. Clinically significant moments are mostly associated with Connecting. It was hypothesized that a successful process would differ from an unsuccessful one, having a higher proportion of Connecting. As far as Reflecting, Experiencing and Relaxing are concerned, no differences were expected. Results pointed to a higher proportion of Connecting and Relaxing in the successful process and no difference in respect of Experiencing and Reflecting. Considerations about the magnitude of change, emotion and abstraction valence and the sequence of patterns, suggest further analysis.
Downloads
References
Buchheim, A., & Mergenthaler, E. (2000). The relationshipn among attachment representation, emotion-abstraction patterns, and narrative style: a computer-based text analysis of the Adult Attachment Interview. Psychotherapy Research, 10 (4), 390-407.
Cunha, J. A. (2001). Manual da versão em português das escalas Beck. São Paulo: Casa do Psicólogo.
Fontao de Ross, M., & Mergenthaler, E. (2005). Aplicación del modelo de ciclo terapéutico a la investigación de microprocesos en la psicoterapia de grupo. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica,14, 53-63.
Gabbard, G. O. (1992). Psiquiatria psicodinâmica na prática clínica. Porto Alegre: Artes Médicas.
Hutz, C. S., & Nunes, C. H. S. S. (2001). Escala fatorial de ajustamento emocional/neuroticismo. São Paulo: Casa do Psicólogo.
Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, A. P. (1991). Clinical significance: a statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Methodological issues and strategies in clinical research (2nd ed., pp.521-538). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Laloni, D. T. (2001). Escala de Avaliação de Sintomas-90-RSCL- 90-R: adaptação, precisão e validade. Tese de doutorado não-publicada, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. Disponível em www.bibliotecadigital.puccampinas.edu.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=29
Lepper, G., & Mergenthaler, E. (2007). Therapeutic collaboration: how does it work? Psychotherapy Research, 17, 576-587.
Lepper, G., & Mergenthaler, E. (2008). Observing therapeutic interaction in the “Lisa” case. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 634-644.
Luborsky, L., & Crits-Christoph, P. (1998). Understanding transference: the CCRT method (2nd ed). New York: Basic Books.
Mergenthaler, E. (1996). Emotion-abstraction patterns in verbatim protocols: a new way of describing psychotherapeutic processes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 306-315.
Mergenthaler, E. (2008). Resonating minds: a schoolindependent theoretical conception and its empirical application to psychotherapeutic processes. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 109-126.
Perry, J. C. (1990). Escalas de avaliação dos mecanismos de defesa (5ª ed.). Manuscrito não-publicado.
Taylor, G. J., Bagby, R. M., & Parker, J. D. A. (1992). The revised Toronto Alexithymia Scale: some reliability, validity, and normative data. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 57, 34-41.
Yoshida, E. M. P. (2000). Toronto Alexthymia Scale-TAS: precisão e validade da versão em português. Psicologia: Teoria e Prática, 2 (1), 59-74.
Yoshida, E. M. P. (2008a). Mudança em psicoterapias breves: características de personalidade, conflito interpessoal e estratégia terapêutica. Relatório de Pesquisa, manuscrito não-publicado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas.
Yoshida, E. M. P. (2008b). Significância clínica de mudança em processo de psicoterapia psicodinâmica breve. Paidéia, 18 (40), 305-316.
Yoshida, E. M. P. (2009). Modelo dos ciclos terapêuticos: dicionários em português e estudos de validade. Relatório de Pesquisa, manuscrito não-publicado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas.
Yoshida, E. M. P., Elyseu Júnior, S., Silva, F. R. C. S., Finotelli Júnior, I., Sanches, F. M., Penteado, E. F., et al. (2009). Psicoterapia psicodinâmica breve: estratégia terapêutica e mudança no padrão de relacionamento conflituoso. Psico USF, 14, 275-285.
Yoshida, E. M. P., & Rocha, G. M. A. (2007). Avaliação em psicoterapia psicodinâmica. In J. C. Alchieri (Org.), Avaliação psicológica: perspectivas e contextos (pp.237-288). São Paulo: Vetor.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Fernanda Aguiar PIZETA, Sonia Regina LOUREIRO
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
