Facilitating the client's experience of relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy: A thematic review

Wilcox, Hervey; Almasifard, Sara

doi:10.1002/capr.12595

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“…PPA addresses individuality and can bring substantive benefits in overcoming specific difficulties and problems, keeping in mind that human flourishing is related to human well-being and comprises the sustainable pursuit of core projects (Little & Chambers, 2004 ). We can say that PPA offers a way to reprioritize the core values and identity of psychotherapy - a relational perspective discourse (Duncan & Reese, 2014, 2015; Wilcox & Almasifard, 2022 ).…”

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<i>Personal Projects Analysis</i> as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

Lima

Albuquerque

Martins

et al. 2023

RES PSYCHOTHER-PSYCH

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Client feedback research is a new but encouraging area that recognizes the importance of engaging patients in offered treatments and the relevance of the relationship between therapist and client. This study aimed to explore clients’ experiences of goal-oriented work using Personal Projects Analysis (PPA). PPA was applied to 5 participants of a psychodrama group after their consent and in agreement with the ethics and deontology research university committee. Their progress was evaluated with Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM; 4 moments) and subjective well-being measures. Findings show how personal projects may be informative about clients’ difficulties and change processes. All outcomes on CORE-OM went below clinical cut-off points, and all these changes are reliable and clinically significant. PPA offers a consistent way to implement the goals approach in a psychotherapeutic context successfully. Nevertheless, some adjustments need to be implemented in the goal-oriented work using PPA.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

<i>Personal Projects Analysis</i> as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

Lima

Albuquerque

Martins

et al. 2023

RES PSYCHOTHER-PSYCH

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The Impact of Relational Depth on Subjective Well-being in Close Relationships in the Community

Di Malta,

Bond,

Raymond-Barker

et al. 2024

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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Relational depth (RD)—moments of profound connection and engagement between two people—is a humanistic–existential construct, showing preliminary association with psychological growth in psychotherapy. This research investigates the impact of RD, alongside relationship satisfaction and emotional intimacy, on subjective well-being in close relationships in the community. Psychometric properties of latent variables were assessed in a stratified online sample of 497 participants in the United Kingdom (47.1% male, 52.1% female, 1% other; mean age 45.7 [ SD = 15.9]; 86.5% white, 7.8% Asian, 3.2% Black, 1.4% mixed and 1% other), followed by lagged regressions, and moderation analyses to assess the role of RD on Personal Well-being Score (PWS). Data were collected at two further time points at 3-month intervals on a stratified subset of participants ( n = 297 and n = 267). RD emerged as a significant predictor of subjective well-being in close relationships in the community and was moderated by emotional intimacy and relationship satisfaction. This study provides the first robust evidence of the relevance and impact of the humanistic–existential construct of RD on well-being beyond a psychotherapy context. This points to the value of practices that can facilitate RD experiences in the community.

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Facilitating the client's experience of relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy: A thematic review

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

<i>Personal Projects Analysis</i> as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

<i>Personal Projects Analysis</i> as an idiographic approach in psychotherapy: an exploratory study

The Impact of Relational Depth on Subjective Well-being in Close Relationships in the Community

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