The specific effects of a Gestalt intervention.

Greenberg, Leslie S.; Rice, Laura N.

doi:10.1037/h0085958

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“…An alternative strategy has been suggested by Greenberg and Rice (1981) where researchers first identify specific technical interventions, such as the Gestalt two-chair technique, and then study their immediate within-session effects on clients and therapists. Within the context of SMT the effects of different technical interventions, such as relaxation training, assertiveness and cognitive reappraisal, could be evaluated in this way.…”

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Session impact in Stress Management Training

Reynolds

Taylor

Shapiro

1993

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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The evaluation of stress management training (SMT) programmes suggest that benefits to participants may be due to non-specific factors and not to the technical components of SMT. The current study employed a method of psychotherapy process research to assess the extent to which task, i.e. technique driven, impacts and non-specific impacts are related to outcome. Sixty-two female health service workers participated in six standardized sessions of SMT, each of which contained specific techniques. After training participants reported significantly lower levels of psychological distress but no changes in job or non-job satisfaction. Specific task impacts, such as insight and problem definition, and non-specific impacts, support, relief and involvement were significantly related to non-job satisfaction one month after training. In addition, the slope of interpersonal impacts (support and relief) was associated with less psychological distress at one-and three-month follow-up. Process research methods appear to be a promising way of maximizing the benefits attributed to SMT and developing more effective interventions.

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Session impact in Stress Management Training

Reynolds

Taylor

Shapiro

1993

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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“…A method shown to be effective in the reconciliation of opposites in the personality is the Gestalt two-chair operation (Greenberg, 1979;Greenberg & Clarke, 1979;Greenberg & Dompierre, 1981;Greenberg & Rice, 1981). This procedure facilitates a dialogue between the two sides in order to bring the opposing parts into contact.…”

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Resolving decisional conflict by Gestalt two-chair dialogue: Relating process to outcome.

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Webster²

1982

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Thirty-one clients completed a six-week program using Gestalt two-chair dialogue to work on intrapsychic conflict related to the making of a decision. The clients were classified as resolvers or nonresolvers based on a pattern of in-session process indicators. The resolvers were identified as clients who had manifested three components of a proposed model of conflict resolution:. the expression of criticism by one part of the personality, the expression of feeling and wants by another, and the softening in attitude of the "critic." These attributes were measured in terms of voice quality, depth of experience, and structural analysis of social behavior. Resolvers were found to be significantly less undecided and less anxious after treatment; they also reported greater improvement on target complaints and behavior change. In addition, after the session in which the "critic" softened, resolvers reported greater conflict resolution, less discomfort, greater mood change, and greater goal attainment than nonresolvers.

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“…There has also been exploration of the effectiveness of particular techniques derived from Gestalt therapy. Two-chair dialogue for conflict splits has been found to be more effective in some respects than empathic reflection and focusing (Greenberg & Dompierre, 1981;Greenberg & Higgins, 1980;Greenberg & Rice, 1981) and to result in greater reduction in indecision in clients with decisional conflicts than did behavioural problem solving (Clarke & Greenberg, 1986). Further studies have investigated the mechanism of change produced by the two-chair technique (Greenberg, 1984).…”

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confidence: 99%