TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Tom’

Abstract

Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED) is a systematic case study research method involving the cross-examination of mixed method data to generate both plausible arguments that the client changed due to therapy and alternative explanations. The present study uses HSCED to investigate the outcome of shortterm TA psychotherapy with a man with moderate depression and comorbid social anxiety The objective of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of short-term TA therapy for the treatment of depression and to explore and identify key aspects of the TA therapy process and associated factors promoting change amongst effective cases. To enhance rigour and address potential for researcher allegiance, independent psychotherapy researchers have adjudicated the case and offer a verdict on outcome. The majority verdict of two judges in this case was that this was a positive outcome case and that the client had changed substantially and that these changes were substantially due to the effects of therapy.The third judge's conclusion was that this was a mixed outcome case, and that the client had changed considerably and that this had been considerably due to therapy. This is the 3 rd case reported on and additional rigour was introduced into the HSCED approach in the same way as reported in the accompanying paper about the 2 nd case. (IJTAR 3:2,(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)

Paradoxical Alliances in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy for Anxiety

“…The present study supports the value of the systematic case study research method for investigating the process and outcome of TA psychotherapy with different client presenting problems, such as in the work of McLeod (2013), Widdowson (2012a, 2012b, 2012c), and Kerr (2013). They found transactional analysis to be an effective therapeutic approach for people with long-term health conditions, depression, and emetophobia, respectively.…”

Intensive Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy (ITAP): A case series study

“…Brief psychodynamic therapies have been consistently affirmed as evidence‐based treatments (for meta‐analyses of clinical studies, see Abbass, ; Driessen et al, ). Furthermore, while it is in an initial phase of validation, TA effects have also been documented in several single‐case studies (Benelli et al, ; Widdowson, , , ). This evidence suggests that ITAP therapy may be effective.…”

TA Treatment of Depression: A Simplified Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design - The Case of “Margherita”

“…Recently, since the publication of the first Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED) applied to transactional analysis (TA) treatment of depression (Widdowson, 2012a) there have been one direct replication of three single cases (Widdowson, 2012b(Widdowson, , 2012c(Widdowson, , 2013 and three Italian systematic replications of three single cases each (Benelli, Revello, Piccirillo, Mazzetti, Calvo, Palmieri, Sambin & Widdowson, 2016a;Benelli, Scottà, Barreca, Palmieri, Calvo, De Renoche, Colussi, Sambin, & Widdowson, 2016b;Benelli, Boschetti, Piccirillo, Quagliotti, Calvo, Palmieri, Sambin, & Widdowson, 2016c;Benelli, Moretti, Cavallero, Greco, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri & Widdowson, 2017a;Benelli, Filanti, Musso, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri & Widdowson, 2017b;Benelli, Bergamaschi, Capoferri, Morena, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri, Zanchetta & Widdowson, 2017c;Benelli, Procacci, Fornaro, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri & Zanchetta, 2018a;Benelli, Gentilesca, Boschetti, Piccirillo, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri & Zanchetta, 2018b;Benelli, Vulpiani, Cavallero, Calvo, Mannarini, Palmieri & Zanchetta, 2018c) aiming to recognise TA psychotherapy for depression as an Empirically Supported Treatment. Moreover, with the HSCED methodology Kerr (2013) evaluated TA treatment for emetophobia.…”