Narrative meaning making is associated with sudden gains in psychotherapy clients’ mental health under routine clinical conditions.

Adler, Jonathan M.; Harmeling, Luke H.; Walder-Biesanz, Ilana

doi:10.1037/a0033774

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“…In fact, high-level assimilation of the problematic experience stages (Stage 4 or higher) have been associated with Level 2 IMs . More specifically, these results are congruent with previous findings on narrative identity (i.e., the story of the self that provides a person with purpose and unity) and its impact on mental health and psychological well-being (Adler, 2012;Adler, Harmeling, & Walder-Biesanz, 2013;Bauer, McAdams, & Pals, 2008;Lilgendahl & McAdams, 2011;McAdams & McLean, 2013). The present results suggest that reconceptualization might be a helpful event in psychotherapy, due to its relation with outcomes.…”

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Reconceptualization innovative moments as a predictor of symptomatology improvement in treatment for depression

Fernández‐Navarro

Rosa

Sousa

et al. 2018

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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The construction of new meanings is important in improving depressive symptomatology. Psychotherapists can elicit these new meanings in their regular practice by posing questions that may help clients to conceptualize what is changing in themselves (CS) and questions of how this change is occurring (CP). The construction of an integrative account of these new meanings is associated with psychotherapeutic gains, and thus, reconceptualizing change could improve symptoms of depression.

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Reconceptualization innovative moments as a predictor of symptomatology improvement in treatment for depression

Fernández‐Navarro

Rosa

Sousa

et al. 2018

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…Therapists can support clients in examining, deconstructing, and reframing their cultural and familial discourses around gender and transgender identities (Norwood, 2013b). Dialogical (Norwood, 2013b) and narrative approaches (Adler, Harmeling, & Walder-Biesanz, 2013;Baerger & McAdams, 1999) might be particularly useful in supporting parents' and family members' meaning-making processes. Dialogical (Norwood, 2013b) and narrative approaches (Adler, Harmeling, & Walder-Biesanz, 2013;Baerger & McAdams, 1999) might be particularly useful in supporting parents' and family members' meaning-making processes.…”

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Losing the Child They Thought They Had: Therapeutic Suggestions for an Ambiguous Loss Perspective with Parents of a Transgender Child

Wahlig

2014

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

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In our culture, gender is a deeply felt, value-rich, organizing principle; it informs our understanding of who we are as an individual, as well as who we are supposed to be and how we are supposed to act within relationships. This is especially evident in family relationships, and perhaps most strongly in the relationships of mothers and fathers with their sons and daughters. Thus, when a person comes out as transgender or transsexual, parents often experience a profound sense of loss and confusion about their child's new identity and role in the family. In this article, I discuss parental experiences of grief in response to their transgender child's gender transition and propose that parents who struggle with a child's gender transition may be experiencing ambiguous loss. I discuss these experiences in terms of ambiguous loss theory and introduce the concept of dual ambiguous loss. I also provide clinical suggestions for using an ambiguous loss framework with these parents, and offer directions for future research.

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“…They found that the coherence of the psychotherapy narratives was positively associated with ego development, but not with a psychological well‐being composite. Adler, Skalina, and McAdams () similarly found that the coherence of psychotherapy narratives was related to ego development, but not to psychological well‐being per se (see also Adler, Harmeling, & Walder‐Biesanz, ).…”

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Relations Between Narrative Coherence, Identity, and Psychological Well‐Being in Emerging Adulthood

Waters

Fıvush

2014

Journal of Personality

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Objective The hypothesis that the ability to construct a coherent account of personal experience is reflective, or predictive, of psychological adjustment cuts across numerous domains of psychological science. It has been argued that coherent accounts of identity are especially adaptive. We tested these hypotheses by examining relations between narrative coherence of personally significant autobiographical memories and three psychological well-being components (Purpose and Meaning; Positive Self View; Positive Relationships). We also examined the potential moderation of the relations between coherence and well-being by assessing the identity content of each narrative. Method We collected two autobiographical narratives of personally significant events from 103 undergraduate students and coded them for coherence and identity content. Two additional narratives about generic/recurring events were also collected and coded for coherence. Results We confirmed the prediction that constructing coherent autobiographical narratives is related to psychological well-being. Further, we found that this relation was moderated by the narratives’ relevance to identity and that this moderation held after controlling for narrative ability more generally (i.e. coherence of generic/recurring events). Conclusion These data lend strong support to the coherent narrative identity hypothesis and the prediction that unique events are a critical feature of identity construction in emerging adulthood.

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Narrative meaning making is associated with sudden gains in psychotherapy clients’ mental health under routine clinical conditions.

Abstract: The present study significantly extends prior research on SGs, replicating the characteristics of these gains in routine clinical conditions with a measure of general functioning and identifying two narrative meaning-making processes that are associated with SGs in mental health.

Cited by 50 publications

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Reconceptualization innovative moments as a predictor of symptomatology improvement in treatment for depression

Reconceptualization innovative moments as a predictor of symptomatology improvement in treatment for depression

Losing the Child They Thought They Had: Therapeutic Suggestions for an Ambiguous Loss Perspective with Parents of a Transgender Child

Relations Between Narrative Coherence, Identity, and Psychological Well‐Being in Emerging Adulthood

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