Madill, A., Sermpezis, C. and Barkham, M. (2005) Interactional positioning and narrative self-construction in the first session of psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 15 (4). pp. 420-432. ISSN 1468-4381
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify possible session one indicators of end of treatment psychotherapy outcome using the framework of three types of interactional positioning; client’s self-positioning, client’s positioning between narrated self and different partners, and the positioning between client and therapist. Three successful cases of 8-session psychodynamic-interpersonal (PI) therapy were selected on the basis of client Beck Depression Inventory scores. One unsuccessful case was also selected against which identified patterns could be tested. The successful clients were more descriptive about their problems and demonstrated active rapport-building, while the therapist used positionings expressed by the client in order to explore the positionings developed between them during therapy. The unsuccessful case was characterized by lack of positive self-comment, minimization of agentic self-capacity, and empathy-disrupting narrative confusions. We conclude that the theory of interactional positioning has been useful in identifying patterns worth exploring as early indicators of success in PI therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2005 Society for Psychotherapy Research. This is an author prepared version of a paper published in Psychotherapy Research. |
| Keywords: | psychotherapy, brief therapy, psychodynamic-interpersonal, early indicators, subject position, positioning theory, interactional positioning, narrative |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Psychological Sciences (Leeds) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 17:02 |
| Published Version: | http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?... |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Routledge Journals |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.1080/10503300500091249 |
| URI: | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493 |
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