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The Relational Mind in Couple Therapy : A Bateson-Inspired View of Human Life as an Embodied Stream
2018
Research on human intersubjectivity has found that humans participate in a dialogue throughout their life, and that this is manifested not only via language, but also nonverbally, with the entire body. Such an understanding of human life has brought into focus some basic systemic ideas concerning the human relational mind. For Gregory Bateson, the mind works as a system, formed from components that are in continuous interaction with each other. In our Relational Mind research project, we followed twelve couple therapy processes involving two therapists per session, looking at the ways in which the four participants attuned to each other with their bodies, including their autonomic nervous s…
Studying Nonverbal Synchrony in Couple Therapy : Observing Implicit Posture and Movement Synchrony
2020
AbstractResearch on nonverbal synchrony (movement coordination) in psychotherapy has recently attracted increased attention. Nonverbal synchrony has been shown to relate to the therapeutic alliance and outcome. However, research on nonverbal synchrony in couple therapy remains scarce. In this study, we examined the therapy process of one couple in detail and created a coding scheme to depict posture and movement synchrony. In this case study, we found that the relationship between nonverbal synchrony and the therapeutic alliance was complex. During the therapy process, the amount of nonverbal synchrony varied, as did the participants’ evaluations of the alliance. In couple therapy nonverbal…
Depression : The differing Narratives of Couples in Couple Therapy
2014
Introduction When a person becomes depressed, partnership can either be a source of strength, advancing recovery, or a source of further suffering, harming the health of both partners (Cordova & Gee, 2001). Also, depression in one spouse can create feelings of helplessness and hopelessness in both spouses (Cordova & Gee). These are some of the reasons why couple therapy has been used with persons diagnosed with depression and their spouses. Yet, according to Denton and Burwell's (2006) experience, which is similar to our own, the spouses of depressed patients often are not part of the treatment in psychiatric outpatient care, and hence feel unsupported, uninformed, isolated, confused, and f…
Impact of repeating somatic cues on the depth of experiencing for withdrawers and pursuers in emotionally focused couple therapy
2021
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, an experiential modality, views emotion central to therapeutic change. In this exploratory study, we examined therapists' repetition of somatically focused interventions (therapist verbalizing somatic cues, such as facial expressions) and their impact on clients' emotional experiencing in-session. We also assessed difference for withdrawing versus pursuing partners. The sample included 13 EFT therapists who worked with one couple each for a single session. From transcripts we coded therapists' repetition of somatically focused interventions and clients' depth of experiencing pre-and post-intervention. Multilevel modeling demonstrated that a higher number …
Somatic experience of emotion in emotionally focused couple therapy: Experienced trainer therapists' views and experiences.
2021
In general, arousal of emotions is often felt and expressed as a somatic experience in the body. In Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), the deepening of emotional experiencing enables therapeutic change. This research explores the experiences of eight experienced EFT trainer therapists regarding their somatic experiences in their work with couples. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis of transcribed in-depth interviews, this research data yielded three core themes that captured therapists' experiences of using their own and couples' somatic experiences in therapy: (1) the importance and relevance of somatic experiences, (2) therapists' use of their own somatic experiences, a…
Psykoterapiaprosessin keskeiset tekijät perheterapeuttien arvioitavina : Psychotherapy Process Q-set -menetelmän sovittaminen pariterapian tutkimiseen
2016
Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin Psychotherapy Process Q-set -menetelmän (PQS) ominaisuuksia ja sovellettavuutta pari- ja perheterapian näkökulmasta. Tarkastelu suoritettiin asiantuntija-arvioiden avulla kolmessa eri vaiheessa. Asiantuntijoina toimi joukko suomalaisia perheterapiakouluttajia. Ensimmäisessä vaiheessa asiantuntijat (n=8) arvioivat PQS:n kuvaamien yksilöpsykoterapiatekijöiden relevanssia pari- ja perheterapiassa. Toisessa vaiheessa asiantuntijat(n=10) arvioivat muokattujen PQS:n osioiden ja uusien pariterapiaosioiden merkitystä pariterapiaprosessin tutkimisessa. Kolmannessa vaiheessa käytettiin pientä asiantuntijaryhmää(n=5), jonka avulla etsittiin konsensusperiaatetta noudattaen sa…
Sympathetic nervous system synchrony: An exploratory study of its relationship with the therapeutic alliance and outcome in couple therapy.
2019
In previous research, we found that sympathetic nervous system synchrony, measured via electrodermal activity (EDA), occurs between participants at the start of couple therapy. The aim now was to test whether this synchrony changes during the therapy process, and how any changes may be related to clients' and therapists' evaluations of the working alliance, and the outcome of therapy. Twelve different couple therapy processes were analyzed (24 clients, plus 10 therapists, working in pairs; hence, 4 persons per session) using EDA concordance indices and questionnaires (Outcome Rating Scale, Session Rating Scale, and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure). EDA synchrony betw…
Hiljaisten hetkien funktioita vaikeassa pariterapiaistunnossa
2016
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tuoda kuvailevaa tietoa hiljaisten hetkien merkityksistä ja funktioista vaikeassa pariterapiaistunnossa. Monimenetelmäinen tutkimuksemme yhdisti terapiaistunnon elementtejä usealta tasolta; näkyvä vuorovaikutus ja siihen liittyvät hiljaiset hetket, emootioiden virittymisestä kertovat autonomisen hermoston reaktiot (ihon sähkönjohtavuus ja hengitys) autenttisessa terapiatilanteessa sekä jälkihaastattelujen kommentit ja terapiaistunnon arviointilomakkeet. Tunnistimme istunnosta kuusi hiljaisten hetkien luokkaa: 1) vetäytyminen, 2) pohdintatauko, 3) uuden suunnan tai lähestymistavan hakeminen, 4) informaation kerääminen ja asioiden syy-seuraussuhteiden selve…
Tapaustutkimus dialogin sekä asento- ja liikesynkronian yhteyksistä kahdessa monitoimijaisessa terapiaistunnossa
2017
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli kuvata kahta asento- ja liikesynkronioiltaan eroavaa monitoimijaista terapiaistuntoa sekä vertailla istuntojen dialogisia ominaisuuksia. Lisäksi analysoimme tarkemmin kahta istunnon uutta ymmärrystä luovaa ja kehollista synkronoitumista muuttavaa merkityksellistä hetkeä, jotka poikkesivat muusta istunnosta. Tutkimus on osa Relationaalinen mieli monitoimijaisten terapiadialogien muutoshetkissä -tutkimusprojektia. Käytettyinä menetelminä olivat Dialogical Investigations Of Happenings of Change -menetelmä sekä asento- ja liikesynkronian havainnointiin kehitetty kategorinen menetelmä. Kuudennessa istunnossa asento- ja liikesynkroniaa ilmeni vähemmän, mutta istunnos…
Application of the assimilation model in the context of couple therapy for depression : the case of Ralph and Rose
2012
ABSTRACT This Master’s Thesis is part of the Dialogical and Narrative Processes in Couple Therapy for Depression project (DINADEP). In this case study the aim was to investigate how the assimilation model, a theory of psychological change, can be applied in couple therapy for depression. To further study the process of assimilation, individual changes were traced across 21 sessions in a couple therapy process of Ralph and Rose, a couple who came to therapy due to Ralph’s moderate depression and crisis in the relationship. The material of the research consisted of both qualitative and quantitative data: videotaped and transcribed couple therapy sessions and self-evaluation questionnaires. Th…