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Murray, Rebecca

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“…The changes participants attributed to therapy were more general shifts in their experience of, and relationship with, themselves which are reflective of more 'second order changes' that Murray (2002) describes. She proposes it is these that often then lead to other troubling aspects, such as first order difficulties in behaviour, cognitions, and affect to fall into place.…”

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Clients' experience of the process of change in cognitive analytic therapy

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Clients' experience of the process of change in cognitive analytic therapy

2011

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“…The already mentioned mixed-methods approach, discovery-oriented task analysis (Greenberg, 2007), might be very useful for this purpose, because it combines the elaboration of a clinically informed theoretical model with an empirical one in a rational-empirical model. Moreover, also more traditional qualitative methods might be used to explore and inductively build models of the therapeutic process as dynamic open complex system; this could be the case, for example, for grounded theory analysis or phenomenological analysis when we are interested in clients’ and/or therapists’ personal and subjective experiences about the treatment (e.g., Murray, 2002), or for conversational analysis when we are interested in how clients and therapists actually shape the dynamics of their relationships by means of the coordination (i.e., synchronization) of their turn at speaking (e.g., Muntigl & Horvath, 2014). Finally, efforts should be made to explicitly frame within a DS approach – in terms of both hypothesis generation and result interpretation – the studies conducted following specific longitudinal designs (e.g., the microanalytic sequential process design and designs using time-series analysis) or the significant events approach.…”

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A dynamic systems approach to psychotherapy: A meta-theoretical framework for explaining psychotherapy change processes.

Gelo

Salvatore

2016

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Notwithstanding the many methodological advances made in the field of psychotherapy research, at present a metatheoretical, school-independent framework to explain psychotherapy change processes taking into account their dynamic and complex nature is still lacking. Over the last years, several authors have suggested that a dynamic systems (DS) approach might provide such a framework. In the present paper, we review the main characteristics of a DS approach to psychotherapy. After an overview of the general principles of the DS approach, we describe the extent to which psychotherapy can be considered as a self-organizing open complex system, whose developmental change processes are described in terms of a dialectic dynamics between stability and change over time. Empirical evidence in support of this conceptualization is provided and discussed. Finally, we propose a research design strategy for the empirical investigation of psychotherapy from a DS approach, together with a research case example. We conclude that a DS approach may provide a metatheoretical, school-independent framework allowing us to constructively rethink and enhance the way we conceptualize and empirically investigate psychotherapy. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…Consistent with existential-humanistic therapy’s focus upon transformation of self and existential liberation (Schneider & Krug, 2017), obituary writing may be classified as a strategy that promotes second-order change —that is, a deep restructuring of self that results in long-term, core-level shifts in and expansions of one’s perspective of oneself, one’s lifeworld, and one’s concerns (Bland, 2013; 2019; Fraser & Solovey, 2007; Hanna, Giordano, Dupuy, & Puhakka, 1995; Murray, 2002). Second-order change entails actively creating a new way of being by identifying and remediating underacknowledged and underactualized capacities within oneself to bring life domains into balance and to commit to a more promising future despite the inevitability of limitations beyond one’s control (Schneider & Krug, 2017).…”

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The existential obituary writing technique for emerging adults: Thematic and content analyses.

Bland¹

2021

The Humanistic Psychologist

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Writing one's own obituary is a technique rooted in the theoretical/philosophical principles of existential-humanistic psychology that has long been endorsed by existential-humanistic psychologists for its value in promoting second-order change (existential liberation) and self-cultivation. These processes are pertinent for emerging adults, for whom a principal developmental task is self-authorship (transitioning out of uncritically following external formulas learned in childhood and toward making internally based decisions to meet the demands of complex work roles and interpersonal intimacy as adults). To date, literature on obituary writing has been limited to a half-dozen sources, none of which offer formal investigations of its process mechanisms/dynamics. This study provides research support for the technique's theoretical underpinnings and contextualizes its effectiveness as demonstrated in extant case studies in order to preserve its integrity in the current evidence-based practice zeitgeist. In this study, 22 emerging adults in a college course completed obituaries and reflections on the lived experience thereof. Thematic and summative content analyses were used to assess the thematic content included in the obituaries and the process by which the participants made sense of the act of writing them. Findings suggest that, in this sample, consistent with extant theorizing and informal observations, the experience of completing one's own obituary begins with emotional discomfort followed by a transformative shift in the direction of a greater sense of acceptance, appreciation, and awe toward the possibilities of living the life one envisions. Finally, connections with and contributions to the emerging adulthood literature and suggestions for further inquiry are discussed.

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Cited by 14 publications

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Clients' experience of the process of change in cognitive analytic therapy

Clients' experience of the process of change in cognitive analytic therapy

A dynamic systems approach to psychotherapy: A meta-theoretical framework for explaining psychotherapy change processes.

The existential obituary writing technique for emerging adults: Thematic and content analyses.

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