Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy for a Case of Mixed Anxiety &amp; Depression: A Pragmatic Adjudicated Case Study – ‘Alastair’

“…A few months after that, he provided yet another case (Widdowson 2013) and a year after that the fifth case appeared (Widdowson 2014), based on a case of mixed anxiety and depression.…”

Section: Editorial Julie Haymentioning

confidence: 99%

IJTAR 8: 1 Editorial

Hay¹

2017

“…Systematic case study research has already been applied to investigate the effectiveness of TA for people with long term health conditions (McLeod, 2013a;2013b) and HSCED methodology has been successfully applied to TA and widely described in this Journal by Widdowson (2012a). Recently, several HSCEDs supporting the effectiveness of TA treatment for depression (Widdowson, 2012a(Widdowson, , 2012b(Widdowson, , 2012c(Widdowson, , 2013Benelli et al, 2016aBenelli et al, , 2016bBenelli et al, , 2016c have been published, as was an additional adjudicated study, which demonstrated effectiveness of TA for mixed depression and anxiety (Widdowson, 2014). Furthermore, a related study was published on TA for emetophobia (Kerr, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Benelli¹,

Bergamaschi²,

Capoferri³

et al. 2017

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This study is the third of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). Major Depression and Subthreshold Depression are often in comorbidity with Anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence and represent a risk factor for ongoing mental health problems in adulthood. The therapist was a white Italian woman with 15 years of clinical experience and the client, Deborah, was a 15-year old white Italian female adoloscent who attended sixteen sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the depressive and anxious symptomatology clinically and reliably improved over the course of the therapy and these improvements were maintained throughout the duration of the follow-up intervals. Furthermore, the client reported significant change in her post-treatment interview and these changes were directly attributed to the therapy. In this case study, the transactional analysis manualised treatment for depression in adulthood has demonstrated its effectiveness also in treating depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescence.

“…Recently, several HSCEDs supporting the effectiveness of TA treatment for depression (Widdowson, 2012a(Widdowson, , 2012b(Widdowson, , 2012c(Widdowson, , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c have been published, as was an additional adjudicated study which demonstrated effectiveness of TA for mixed depression and anxiety (Widdowson, 2014). Furthermore, a related study was published on TA for emetophobia (Kerr, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Benelli¹,

Moretti²,

Cavallero³

et al. 2017

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This study is the first of a series of seven, and belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a(Widdowson , 2012b(Widdowson , 2012c(Widdowson , 2013Benelli, 2016aBenelli, , 2016bBenelli, , 2016c) that investigated the effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression through Hermeneutic SingleCase Efficacy Design (HSCED). The therapist was a white Italian woman with 8 years of clinical experience and the client, Anna, was a 33-year old white Italian woman who attended 16 sessions of transactional analysis psychotherapy. Anna satisfied DSM-5 criteria for mild persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) with anxious distress. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a good-outcome case: the dysthymic symptoms improved over the course of the therapy and were maintained in the 'healthy' range at the 6-month followup, the client reported a positive experience of the therapy and described important changes in intrapsychic and interpersonal patterns. In this case study, transactional analysis treatment for depression has proven its efficacy in treating persistent depressive disorder.