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Hutchinson, Jennifer. "Emotional Response to Climate Change Learning: An Existential Inquiry." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1602019356792951.
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Polzin, Sunael. "Sartre's existential psychoanalysis : theory, method and case studies." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2013. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58492/.
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This work present the salient features of existential psychoanalysis across a chronological selection of Sartre's works. It looks at the background in psychology and phenomenology which informed Sartre's concept and presents key aspects of the theory itself, in comparison with Freudian psychoanalysis. A study of Sartre's three existential biographies, on Baudelaire, Genet and Flaubert, shows how the theory and its progressive-regressive method are applied to concrete cases, while also tracing the evolution of Sartre's approach up to his late writings on the topic. The final assessment concerns the possibility of using Sartre's theory as a basis for existential psychotherapy. Sartre's account is shown to provide a consistent framework for analysing individuals in existential terms and through which to understand subjectivity.
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Cawsey, Peter. "An existential-phenomenological approach to understanding the experience of marital satisfaction." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25363.
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This study is an existential-phenomenological investigation into the experience of marital satisfaction. It sought to understand the meaning of marital satisfaction as lived.
Five married individuals, three females and two males, who had been married for ten years or longer were interviewed. They were selected on the basis that they were experiencing satisfaction in their marriage by their own reckoning. They were located through personal referrals from friends and colleagues. Each person (co-researcher) was asked to tell the story of satisfaction in their marriage. The in-depth interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using an existential-phenomenological approach as outlined by Colaizzi (1978).
The protocol analysis resulted in the explication of fifteen themes. The themes (or constituents) were described and then woven into an exhaustive phenomenological description of the experience of marital satisfaction. Finally a concise description of the experience was formulated.
The results of the study show that there is a consensus of the experience and meaning of marital satisfaction by those (the co-researchers) living the experience. The study makes suggestions for future research and points out applications of the results in pre-marital and couples counselling.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Jacobs, H. Sean. "The psychodynamic psychotherapy of a male transvestite : a case study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14321.
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Includes bibliography.The present study provides a description of selected core psychodynamic issues pertinent to a male transvestite patient. Case material from an ongoing 11 month psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy is used for illustrative purposes. The theoretical roles of the 'core complex', castration anxiety; aggression and a particular ego style are thematically outlined and illustrated by a discussion of the therapeutic process. An attempt is made to demonstrate an increased capacity for depression, increased object-relatedness and disidentification from a symbiotically related female introject as the aim and partial gain of the therapy. The transference, case management difficulties and the therapeutic process of what has occurred as well as what is likely to, are considered. The unexpected outcome, in that the patient has ceased to fetishistically cross-dress, given the short space of therapeutic time is discussed. It is concluded that this be viewed tentatively. Finally, some thoughts are raised as to the utility of the psychoanalytic approach as against the general psychiatric-diagnostic approach.
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Hoffman, Elan. "Working with the contemptuous client in psychotherapy." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012315.
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The purpose of this case study is to explore the issue of contempt in the therapeutic relationship. The aims are twofold; namely, to illustrate to what extent the case studied throws light on existing theories on contempt in psychotherapy, and to enquire about which stance adopted by the therapist is most appropriate in the therapeutic interaction with a contemptuous client. It investigates the validity of using the case study method in examining both the content and the process of this particular course of psychotherapy. Literature on contempt in psychotherapy is reviewed, as well as the foundation-stone on which it rests, namely, the Kleinian approach to envy . The concepts of the superego and false self are also drawn upon in understanding this particular client's dynamics. The client's therapy is then presented and explored, in order to gain insight into how a psychotherapist's understanding of the contemptuous client can clarify the process of therapy. It highlights the limitations and potentialities that exist in working in this sphere of resistance, and raises questions relevant to therapists faced with these clients. The case study shows how theory in this area is helpful in understanding the contemptuous client, and that the ability of the therapist to endure and survive the contempt of the client is a crucial factor in working with the contemptuous individual.
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Pau, Yi-kum Grace, and 包意琴. "Reconstructing family rules: from the Satir Model to the I Tao : a trainer's interpretive account of a journeywith participants of a personal growth group in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29797482.
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Charles, Martine Aline. "Experiences of the mother as the non-offending parent in intra-familial sexual abuse." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26116.
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Although there is an increasing amount of literature on the area of child sexual abuse, there is a dearth of information on the experiences of mothers following disclosure. Illuminating the issues of mothers following disclosure is necessary in formulating therapeutic procedures with these women and their families.
This qualitative study explored the experiences of five mothers whose children were sexually abused by a father or step father. One and a half to two hour videotaped interviews were conducted utilizing a general interview guide.
The findings were categorized into three areas: Reaction to Disclosure, Changing Social Relationships, and Healing Process. Emerging from these three categories were two themes that appeared to link the categories. These themes were the importance these women placed on their role as protector of their children, and the struggles with role or relationship disruptions.Arts, Faculty of
Social Work, School of
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Oberholzer, Sofia Adriana. "The hermeneutic value of the Daseinsanalytic approach to dream interpretation in psychotherapy: a case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012988.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the hermeneutic value of the Daseinsanalytic approach to dream interpretation in the process of psychotherapy. After delineating the Daseinsanalytic view on dream interpretation, with emphasis on the conceptualization of Medard Boss, the study explores the usefulness and validity of the case study as a method of investigating the content and process of psychotherapy. A psychodynamic formulation of the presenting problem is based on the conceptualization of the nature and etiology of neurosis as delineated by Andras Angyal, with particular reference to the pattern of noncommitment. The dreams included in the case material are then examined to determine to what degree they facilitated insight into the subjective experience and phenomenological existence of the dreamer, and what effect the dream interpretation based on the Daseinsanalytic approach had on the process of therapy. It is established that a phenomenological understanding of the client's dreams corresponds with his subjective experience of his emotional and existential condition, and that positive changes in the content of the dreams during the course of therapy correspond with overt, observable changes in his behaviour, ideation and mood. Based on these findings, the case study leads to the conclusion that the Daseinsanalytic approach to dream interpretation has hermeneutic value in the process of psychotherapy.
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Rees, Christopher Lewis. "An examination of patients' responses to framework breaks in psychotherapy in an institutional context." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002551.
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This study examines the workings of the ground rules which make up the framework of psychotherapy, in an institutional context, by analysing transcripts of twelve audio taped sessions of therapy conducted in a psychiatric hospital. The breaks in the ground rules of the sessions are noted and the patients' responses to these breaks are analysed using Langs's (1982, 1988) method for decoding patients' material, suitably modified for use as a hermeneutic research method. Although all of the ground rules are broken in the institutional context, only one of the ten ground rules appears to be essentially affected by this particular institutional context. Other ground rules are broken out of choice of technique or through error. The institutional context has a structural impact only on the ground rule requiring a one to one relationship with privacy and confidentiality and this ground rule is transgressed in a number of ways in all twelve sessions examined in this study. However the patients' responses to this breach only occur in ways predicted by communicative theory when the break in the ground rule involves actual entry into the therapy space by another person. Other contraventions to this ground rule that do not involve such an entry do not elicit the predicted patient responses. The many other ground rule breaks occurring in the institutional context evoke the predicted responses in the patients' material. In the study, no therapist interventions are found to comply with the communicative therapy requirements for sound interventions; concomitantly it was found that no therapist interventions receive the required derivative validation. The results indicate that it is possible to conduct therapy of a substantially secure frame variety in this institutional context with minimum effort on the part of therapists and given proper training and supervision of therapists in the techniques of communicative psychotherapy. Furthermore the results lend weight to the importance of the communicative methodology for listening to patients' material in psychotherapy in an institutional context. However, further rigorous study of competently performed therapy, executed within the context of a secure frame within an institutional context, is needed in order to demonstrate the benefits of the communicative psychotherapy interventions and interpretations in this context.
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Schoen, Eva G. "Perceived existential meaning, coping, and quality of life in breast cancer patients : a comparison of two structural models." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1263897.
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Niemand, Johannes Rust. "An empirical investigation of the relationship between existential meaning-in-life and racial prejudice." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1142.
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Joshi, Sheela Madhukar. "Transitional objects in adult treatment : case studies : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5902.
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Holtzhausen, Minnon. "Psychiatric in-patients’ experiences of an art group : with a focus on the self." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013146.
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Aims: It is argued that one’s sense of self is threatened and eroded by mental illness. According to the narrative perspective, one’s personal life narrative is displaced and maintained by a story of illness. However, dialogical self theorists argue that mental illness limits the number of ‘I’ positions available within an individual, resulting in the positions/voices becoming rigid and being dominated by a singular, monological position. The aims of this qualitative study are to attempt to understand and examine psychiatric inpatients’ personal lived experiences of an art group. The goal of the study is to focus on the impact of the art-making process on these patients with regards to the construction of their sense of self. Design: A qualitative research design was used in the study. Method: Four psychiatric in-patient art group members – three male and one female, between the ages of 27 and 40 – were interviewed. A semi-structured interview schedule consisting of sixteen questions focusing on the interviewees’ experiences of the art group was used. The interviews were analysed using an interpretive phenomenological analysis. Results: Three superordinate themes emerged: What the Participants Gained From the Art Group, Sense of Community and Leaving a Mark, and The Experience of Self in the Art group. All three Superordinate themes fall within the participants’ experience of the art group. Conclusion: All four of the participants expressed positive feelings and enjoyment towards the art group. Participation in the art group provided the participants with a sense of pride, achievement and hope within their lives. As a result of participation on the art group, one of the four participants was able to construct a thin alternative experience and sense of self.
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Bradley, Margaret Antoinette. "In search of home : Hillman's archetypal perspective on the therapeutic process of an adult patient." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006290.
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The case study method was used to trace the therapeutic process of a 23 year old woman, over a period of 12 sessions. The focus of the study was her issue with abandonment which emerged as the central theme in therapy. Hillman's archetypal approach was used as a framework in understanding the process and resolution of her feelings of abandonment. According to Hillman, the therapy process activates the archetypal abandoned child. For a successful therapeutic outcome the process of de-literalisation must occur in order for the patient to move from literal acting out to symbolic containment. Core moments in the therapeutic process were used, together with an interpretation from Hillman's approach, to illustrate the various themes around the issue of abandonment. The present case study illustrates how the theory in area was relevant in practice with this particular case.
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Crafford, Melody. "Attachment and the therapeutic relationship an elucidation of therapeutic process in a single child psychotherapy case." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002464.
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The overall objective of this study was to delve into the intricacies of the therapeutic process and the therapeutic relationship from an attachment perspective. A single retrospective child case study was conducted, which entailed the construction of a narrative synopsis of the process. The hermeneutic approach of a Reading Guide Method was applied, and through a repeated re-reading of the narrative, pertinent themes emerged that shed light on therapy as a process in motion. Specifically, the motion of the therapeutic process manifested through a scrutiny of the therapeutic relationship in view of the participant’s attachment style. The results of this study revealed the capacity of the participant to move away from an avoidant and somewhat ambivalent organisation of defences by virtue of establishing a secure base and exercising her faculty for emotional and self-expression. Accordingly, it can be established that in view of psychotherapy from an attachment perspective, the seemingly imperceptible vicissitudes of change are indeed appreciable.
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Masters, Carin-Lee. "Clay sculpture within an object relational therapy: a phenomenological-hermeneutic case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002524.
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The overall aim of this thesis is to explore the process of working with the Edwards claywork method with a psychotherapy client who had significant relational difficulties and feared being exposed as defective. Within this there are particular aims: Firstly, to investigate whether the distancing that art therapy can create, can help the client with relational difficulties to tolerate unexpressed disavowed feelings, in particular her sense of shame about being exposed as defective; and secondly, to examine whether material evoked through the claywork process can assist in furthering the psychological formulation of this kind of client. The research was a phenomenological-hermeneutic case study of a psychotherapy client, called Kim. Kim’s experience of therapy, including two claywork sessions, was documented. This comprises a thematic narrative of her therapy process prior to the claywork process, as well as a thematic narrative focusing on the two claywork sessions. Her clay sculpture was photographed and alphabetically labeled according to the chronological order in which she made the eight pieces comprising her sculpture. A hermeneutic reading of the narratives was conducted using theoretical perspectives including object relations, Adlerian psychology and art therapy. It was concluded that, firstly, the distancing that art therapy can create does help the client, who is afraid of being exposed as defective, to tolerate previously disavowed and unexpressed feelings; and secondly, art therapy such as the Edwards claywork method, does deepen psychological formulation of the client’s affective and relational difficulties. However, although the image may graphically symbolize unconscious aspects of a client’s psyche, the present study illustrates that a client may not always be able to enter into a relationship with the image or dialogue between conscious and unconscious states. In this respect, the present study focuses on aspects of art therapy of which there is limited literature.
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King, Sharron G. "The differential effects of empathic reflection and empathic reflection plus the gestalt empty-chair dialogue on the issue of unfinished business." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28090.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the specific client issue of unfinished business by comparing the differential effectiveness of empathy plus the Gestalt empty-chair technique and empathic reflection. The population consisted of 28 subjects drawn from students enrolled in the first year of a Master's Degree program in Counselling Psychology at a major university. The subjects received two counselling sessions in either the empathy plus Gestalt condition or the Empathic reflection condition. Two relationship instruments, the Empathy Scale of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory and the Task Dimension of the Working Alliance Inventory, were administered to assess the subject's perception of their therapist's behaviour and to screen for subjects who were not engaged in the process. Two outcome measures, the Target Complaint Measure and the Affective Reactions Questionnaire, were used to assess the amount of resolution subjects felt in their presenting complaint and the amount of change in their feelings toward the significant other. Two session measures, the Session Evaluation Questionnaire and the Target Complaint Discomfort Box Scale, were used to assess the current amount of discomfort regarding the presenting complaint and to evaluate the subject's perception of the sessions. The study showed that empathy plus the Gestalt empty-chair dialogue produced significantly more tolerance in the subjects' feelings toward a significant other person as measured by the Affective Reactions Questionnaire on an issue of unfinished business than those produced by empathic reflection. The results further suggest that a greater improvement in initial target complaint as measured by the Target Complaint Measure was felt for the empathy plus Gestalt condition than for the empathic reflection condition.
The review of the literature suggests that the issue of unfinished business is an important one and the tentative results from this study suggest the need for further investigation to determine if the preliminary results are upheld in a clinical setting. The tentative results suggest that the Gestalt empty-chair dialogue in the context of an empathic relationship may make a contribution to the treatment of the issue of unfinished business.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
Graduate
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楊錦珠 and Kam-chu Yeung. "A study on how counselors engage men in couple counseling in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3122801X.
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Law, Kin-wai Natalie, and 羅健慧. "An application of Minuchin's structural family therapy in working witha family with children discharged from child care institution: a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31247878.
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Chan, Tak-mau Simon, and 陳德茂. "In the name of justice: unraveling the hiddenturmoil of sons in family triangulation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45015399.
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Karpelowsky, Belinda Jodi. "Imagery and the transformation of meaning in psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: a hermeneutic case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002509.
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This study discusses the assessment and treatment of a 21-year old male who had suffered multiple traumas, which had culminated in the death of his younger brother. He presented with Acute Stress Disorder. The literature review examines a diverse range of theorists and discourses, that have addressed the psychological consequences of trauma and highlights the complexity of the phenomena involved. The case study, located in the South African context, aims to sensitise the reader to the unique dilemmas facing each trauma survivor, and serves to highlight specifically those areas, which are pertinent and further more contribute significantly to the recovery process. The case narrative consists of a detailed synopsis of the therapy process, extracted from the session record notes documented at the time. Several other sources of information, including contributions from the participant, were used to verify and validate the accuracy of the data included. The narrative is written in a style that conveys the intensity of the nature of trauma work and the manner in which both patient and clinician are frequently confronted with very difficult emotional work. Finally the discussion examines the case narrative through the use of a set of carefully selected hermeneutic questions. These focused on (I) key concepts from the work of Robert Lifton who highlights the existential dimensions of the impact of trauma; (2) the role of the image in encapsulating the complex traumatic and post-traumatic experience of the survivor as well as facilitating the emotional processing of the trauma is examined; (3) the contribution to the process of therapy of aspects of the therapeutic relationship; and (4) the concept of recovery in relation to the question of what constitutes 'trauma work'. In conclusion, several meta-theoretical issues related to trauma, the strengths and weaknesses inherent to the research and relevant future areas of research are highlighted.
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Wong, Ho Fung-see, and 黃何鳳施. "The role of family therapy in residential casework: a case study of helping an adolescent facing discharge." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248287.
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Fisher, Gweneth. "Drying up the bedwetting : retelling of a narrative journey." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1023.
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Edwards, D. J. A. "Collaborative versus adversarial stances in scientific discourse : implications for the role of systematic case studies in the development of evidence-based practice in psychotherapy." Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007861.
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There is still a need for advocacy in the promotion of case study research because there has been insufficient appreciation of its role as a source of evidence relevant to the development and evaluation of practice in psychotherapy. Distorted use of terms like "gold standard", "anecdotal",and "empirical" in the discourse in which research methodology is typically presented has disempowered the practitioner's perspective and discredited the role of case-based knowledge building. The framework of evidence-based practice (EBP) recognizes the complementarity of different research methods and acknowledges the significance of casebased research. To spell out some of these complementary links, a typology of seven research methods - including both experimental group comparison designs and individual case studies - is proposed and the contribution of each to the development of EBP is set out. Finally some suggestions are made for strategies to promote the publication of high quality case studies.
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Ngai, Suet-man Beatrice, and 倪雪敏. "Evaluation of a rational emotional behaviour therapy (REBT) group programme for students with low self-esteem." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196039X.
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Cardenas, Nancy. "Play therapy interventions and their effectiveness in a school-based counseling program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2839.
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The purpose of this study was to add to the limited amount of information on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions in a school-based counseling program. The study focused on examining the reasons why clients were referred to counseling, the frequency and duration of their behavior, the clients' academic performance at the beginning and end of treatment, the total number of sessions received, and the type of play therapy that was used to determine how effective play therapy interventions were during treatment.
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Tong, Lai-ching Charmy, and 唐麗貞. "The implementation of a classroom guidance programme in a Hong Kong secondary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960479.
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Cheng, Mei-ling, and 鄭美玲. "Application of the rational-emotive behaviour approach in a social skills training programme in a secondary school in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196283X.
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Glazer, Courtney Anne, and Adrianne Marie Vance. "Process evaluation of treatment with adolescents in residential treatment foster care." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3067.
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As the number of children in foster care without a familial placement continues to grow, the child welfare system is turning towards a new placement approach called Residential Treatment Foster Care. This study performed a process evaluation of 30 Residential Treatment Foster Care facilities in Los Angeles County that explored the four characteristics of case plan design, team decision-making, therapeutic intervention, staff training, and overall treatment effectiveness with regards to the number of Absences Without Leave (AWOL) and completion of treatment plan.
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LaFleur, Leslie. "Therapeutic Horseback Riding With Military Veterans: Perspectives of Riders, Instructors, and Volunteers." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1430906632.
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Thurin, Jean-Michel. "Caractériser et comprendre le processus de changement des psychothérapies complexes : modélisation des processus, mécanismes et conditions des changements associés à la psychothérapie de 66 enfants et adolescents présentant des troubles du spectre autistique." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCB104/document.
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La méthodologie de l’évaluation en psychothérapie s’est longtemps limitée aux résultats issus d’essais cliniques comparatifs de groupes. L’objectif, engagé dans les années 2000, de comprendre ce qui cause son efficacité a engagé un renouvellement méthodologique. Son application concrète est peu documentée. La première partie présente, à partir d’une revue de la littérature centrée sur l’introduction de la recherche sur le processus associée aux résultats, comment le paradigme interactionnel multifactoriel de la psychothérapie a stimulé le développement de méthodes adaptées à la complexité et à l’observation en conditions naturelles. La seconde partie introduit autour de cinq axes principaux les questions méthodologiques générales et spécifiques de cette nouvelle orientation : 1. une épistémologie interactionnelle et transactionnelle ; 2. Un recentrage sur les études mixtes intensives de cas ; 3. Une investigation clinique et théorique multifocale des processus et mécanismes de changement ; 4. une forte relation clinicien-chercheur ; 5. une approche statistique innovante. La troisième partie expose l’expérience et les questions soulevées par la mise en œuvre de ce programme dans le cadre d’un réseau de recherche clinique centré sur les pratiques, du recueil des données jusqu’à l’analyse des processus et mécanismes de changement, et les résultats qui en sont issus. La quatrième partie présente une revue détaillée de la littérature. Ce travail devrait favoriser les collaborations avec les disciplines connexes et l’efficience des traitements par une meilleure connaissance des conditions et des mécanismes de changement associée au développement d’une base de données issue d’études de casThe methodology of assessment in psychotherapy has long been limited to results from comparative group clinical trials. The objective, expressed in the 2000s, to understand what is causing its effectiveness has involved a methodological renewal. Its concrete application is poorly documented. The first part presents, from a review of the literature focusing on the introduction of research on the process associated with outcomes, how the multifactorial interactional paradigm of psychotherapy has stimulated the development of methods adapted to the complexity and observation in natural conditions. The second part introduces the general and specific methodological questions of this new orientation around five main axes: 1. an interactional and transactional epistemology; 2. A refocusing on intensive mixed case studies; 3. A multifocal clinical and theoretical investigation of the processes and mechanisms of change; 4. a strong clinical-researcher relationship; 5. an innovative statistical approach. The third part presents the experience and issues raised by the implementation of this program as part of a practice-oriented clinical research network, from data collection to analysis of processes and mechanisms of change, and results. The fourth part presents a detailed review of the literature. This work should foster collaborations with related disciplines and treatment efficiency through a better understanding of the conditions and mechanisms of change associated with the development of a case study database
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Ross, Elma. "Facilitating phenemenological interviews by means of reflexology: implications for the educational researcher." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2251.
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Newman, Jennifer Anne. "A comprehensive discourse analysis of a successful case of experiential systemic couples therapy." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7521.
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This study investigated how a therapist and clients created couple
change over the course of 15 sessions of Experiential Systemic Therapy (ExST)
for the marital treatment of alcohol dependency. The aim of this research was
to explore how change occurred during a single case of successful ExST and to
refine and expand ExST theory. ExST has been shown to be an effective
treatment for couple recovery from alcohol dependence yet little research has
focused on how change occurs in ExST.
The case selected for analysis was an exemplar of successful ExST
couples therapy. The case met several criteria for success including therapist
and client satisfaction with therapy, the cessation of alcoholic drinking,
increased marital satisfaction at posttest and follow-up periods, and evidence
of in-session couple change. Two therapy episodes containing relational
novelty (couple change) were analyzed using the Comprehensive Discourse
Analysis procedure.
The results of this study highlighted the existence of a subtype of
relational novelty called syncretic relational novelty. Syncretic change refers to
the generation of intimacy by therapist and couple where initially there existed
disparate beliefs and behaviour that isolated system members.
The study found that the couple’s distance oriented beliefs and practices
were reconciled and intimacy was enhanced through the employment of
intense experiential activities and the provision of a collaborative therapeutic
atmosphere. These two activities fostered increased couple intimacy by
encouraging clients to engage one another through self disclosure, empathy,
shared vulnerability, increased cooperation and greater personal awareness.
Couple intimacy was fostered during experiential activity through a carefully
paced intensification of clients’ thoughts, feelings and physical sensations. In
addition, intimacy was facilitated by the therapist when she accepted clients’
experiences and adopted clients’ language styles. As well as working
collaboratively, the therapist acted as a therapeutic guide interceding during
harmful spousal interactions, altering the therapy agenda at client request,
promoting joint decision-making and valuing marginalized client experience.
Recommendations based on these findings were made for the refinement and
expansion of ExST theory.
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Noelle, Monique. "The psychological effects of hate -crime victimization based on sexual orientation bias: Ten case studies." 2003. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3110536.
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Quantitative studies have shown that anti-bisexual, gay, and lesbian (BGL) hate crimes have greater psychological impact on BGL victims than do non-hate-motivated crimes of similar severity (Herek, Gillis, & Cogan, 1999), contribute to psychological distress in BGL people (Mays & Cochran, 2001; Meyer, 1995), and can cause BGL people to remain closeted (D'Augelli, 1992; Pilkington & D'Augelli, 1995). The present study explores the possible mechanisms and sources of the greater impact of hate crimes on BGL victims. In this qualitative research, I investigated the psychological effects of anti-BGL hate crimes through in-depth interviews with 10 BGL people who perceived that they were victims of hate crimes based on sexual orientation bias. Interviewees were 4 lesbian women, 2 bisexual women, and 4 gay men, and 9 of the 10 were White. They ranged in age from 20 to 50 and represented a wide range of degree of sexual orientation disclosure. Each participated in one or two interviews of one to two hours, which were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed thematically, using qualitative analysis software (NVivo) that facilitated coding and sorting of data. Victimization experiences included violent crimes (3), harassment at work and school (2), harassment in the neighborhood (2), and multiple incidents of harassment (3). Results are 10 case studies that elucidate the effects that hate crimes had within the context of each individual's life and history. Each case study presents the participant's coming-out history, and previous traumatic and bias-related experiences, as well as hate-crime experience(s) and perceived sequelae. Three case studies also include accounts of relevant judicial proceedings, and two include reviews of results by the participants. Findings within and across cases are discussed, as well as strengths and limitations of the study and implications for future research. Results suggest factors that may contribute to the relatively more severe psychological impact of hate crimes, including: lesser availability of family support; disruption of BGL identity and coming out processes; intrusion into romantic relationships; damaged expectations of how one will be viewed and treated as a BGL person in the world; a generalized sense of anger about the victimization; and secondary victimization.
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Masters, Carin-Lee. "Clay sculpture within an object relational therapy : a phenomenological-hermeneutic case studies /." 2005. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/751/.
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Levin, Susan Charlotte. "A case study analysis of thematic transformations in nondirective play therapy." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3010.
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A multiple case study approach was employed in this
intensive thematic analysis of the process of nondirective play
therapy. Using a naturalistic research paradigm, this study
undertook to identify and describe the principal verbal and play
themes and their transformations emergent over a course of play
therapy, as well as to identify and describe similarities and
differences between the themes emergent in those two domains.
Play and verbalization, two types of symbolic expression, were
considered routes of access to the child’s evolution of personal
meaning.
The research participants in this multiple case study were 4
preschoolers, aged 3 to 4. Each participant received 20 weekly
play therapy sessions which were videotaped and transcribed.
Running notations were made on the verbatim transcripts as to
participants’ play activities. Separate coding schemes were
devised for the emergent play and verbal themes. Supplemental
data collection, organization, and analysis procedures included a
field notebook with post hoc descriptions of the sessions,
session summary sheets profiling play and verbal themes, charts,
and memos.
This study, discovery-oriented and exploratory in nature,
yielded rich descriptions of the intricacies of therapeutic
change on two symbolic levels. From these descriptions were
extracted not only information on the transformations in play and
verbal themes but also an understanding of the qualitative
changes which denote the phases of therapy, and insight into the
process of evolving meaning across these phases.
A central finding of this study was that the arrays of play
and verbal themes and their patterns of transformations were
highly individualized. However, a number of themes emerged in
common to all cases: Exploration, Aggression, Messing, Distress,
and Caregiving or Nurturance. Participants were observed to work
through contrasting themes, with preschoolers’ therapy
characterized as an active struggle with such intense,
oppositional forces as birth and death, injury and recovery, loss
and retrieval. Typical thematic transformations included
movement from infantile vulnerability to mastery, from grief
toward resolution, from fear to safety and protection.
The beginning phase of therapy was found to be typified by
exploratory play. The middle phase was typified by intensified
involvement in play and by experiences of disinhibition. The end
phase was characterized by two contrasting yet not mutually
exclusive tendencies, namely, the introduction of a sense of
hopefulness, confidence, and integration; and an improved
capacity to deal with difficult psychological material. Entry
into the middle and end phases was signalled by qualitative
shifts in the child’s attentional, tensional, or relational
state.
The theoretical implications of this study included insight
into the critical role of the child’s initiative and of the
therapist’s permissiveness in the unfolding of symbolic
expression. Each individual case contained specific theoretical
implications for such classic problem and treatment phenomena as
developmental delay and play disruptions.
The practical implications of this study include emphasizing
the need for practitioners to counterbalance attention to the
child’s verbal expression with attention to transformations in
play activity and play material usage. It is suggested that
further research extend the ramifications of this exploratory
study by examining the themes occurring in treatment within
homogeneous populations according to problem configuration.
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"厭食症患者心理治療動機的影響因素及其過程: 以深圳為例的中國大陸質性研究." Thesis, 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074527.
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徐文艷.Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts in Chinese and English.
Xu Wenyan.
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Radomsky, Lynne. "A rediscovery of the individual in family therapy : a case study." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10073.
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology)In families, almost no interaction is simply the result of group processes. Even when the process of interaction seems to take on a life of its own, it is the product of personalities, persons conscious of the possibilities of interactions. A perusal of the current literature reveals a move toward the reintroduction of the individual and his/her possibilities into the system. The insistence of a focus on family dynamics, while providing a sharpened awareness of relationships and interactive patterns, resulted in selective absorption and the tendency to ignore individual family matters. In this thesis it is suggested that there is a need for the reintroduction of the individual into family therapy practice. This approach is based on the discovery in a number of therapies, that different individual family members were reacting differently to the same intervention. A detailed case example is presented to illustrate this approach. The study questions the need for all family members to be present" in each therapy session. Furthermore, the study describes concurrent individual therapy processes with individual members of the family and the resulting systemic changes that were observed. Family therapy has demonstrated that it is important to consider relational as well as individual realities in evaluating health and dysfunction. Implications for therapy and treatment anslnq from this study include the need for a broader view which takes into account the realities of all members of the problem determined system. In conclusion, the author warns against the dangers of focusing on any single viewpoint. A lack of respect for the realities of all members of the professional family system, and adherence to a single perspective may in fact perpetuate the trauma and contribute to the distress of the family.
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Kotzé, Elmarie. "The social construction of a family therapy training programme." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14770.
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Carson, Joanna Patricia. "From the voices of experience, the road to recovery." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10368.
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The individualization and medicalization of the emotional distress of those given
psychiatric diagnoses deny the social, political, and economic context in which the
presenting behaviours arose and leads away from making changes to society. Some
people who are psychiatrically labelled join in groups for solidarity in the face of being
stigmatized. In these groups the members can resist the disempowerment and
helplessness learned in the psychiatric system. With co-researchers from a self-help
group this study gives expression to the usually silenced voices of psychiatrized
people. Feminist and standpoint theories, co-cultural and living systems theories form
a framework for this narrative study. A structural narrative method is used to analyze
the stories, found in the transcripts of six individual interviews, told by the co-researchers
about their experiences in psychiatric services and in the recovery
process. The stories reveal how the ideology and practices of psychiatry use stigma,
oppression and the creation of the identity of psychiatric patient for control and
management. The stories also reveal the reality of hope for recovery through the
support of peers and from the role models of those who have significantly recovered
their mental health. Two focus group interviews were conducted with members of the
self-help group where suggestions for programs were developed to address issues
raised within the groups and in the individual interviews. The findings of the research
will be reported to the self-help group who will use the study to back proposals for the
funding of recovery-oriented programs. When social workers and other mental health
professsionals recognize the importance of supporting the process of recovery,
consumer/survivor-run programs will be acknowledged as effective and integral parts
of any mental health system
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Britz, Johanna Jacoba. "Opvoedkundige sielkundige ondersteuning aan adolessente wat aborsies ondergaan het." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5776.
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M.Ed.After the legalization of abortions (Number 92 of 1996), the question that arose was: How does the adolescent girl experience the abortion she underwent? This question is also seen against the background of the adolescent's developmental phase and development tasks. To ascertain the adolescent girls' experience I made use of a research design that is qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual of nature. This research took place in two phases: In Phase one, in depth phenomenological interviews were conducted. In Phase two, I made use of logical inference to generate guidelines for educational psycologists and healthworkers who were to counsel the girls who had undergone abortions. The experiences of the adolescent girls can be divided into three dimensions, namely the physical, psychological and spiritual dimension. The guidelines that were set, are as follow: Giving of information before, during and after the abortion; Counseling for lifeskills, namely decision making, management of conflict situasions and the verbalisation of emotions; Counseling adolescent girls to develop a more positive self-image and the handling of feelings of guilt.
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Sive, Tanya R. "Incest approached from a systematic perspective." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10522.
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology)TIle phenomenon of incest has been examined from differing perspectives over the past few decades and continues to be viewed from psychodynamic, sociological and systemic viewpoints. The past decade has seen a substantial increase in the volume of literature relating to child sexual abuse which includes incest, confirming that such abuse is a phenomenon which has become virtually endemic to our society. In its examination of incest, this dissertation attempts to, integrate intrapsychic views such as Erikson's (1950) developmental theory with more systemic orientated views such as the interactional view of Watzlawick, Beavin and Jackson (1967). Having criticised traditional views of incest, this dissertation goes further in attempting to integrate both the individual's particular perspective of the traumatic incident of incest during her childhood and how this incident affected her adult life, subsequent interactions and relationships. In integrating the apparently widely disparate approaches, this dissertation attempts to provide an alternative theoretical perspective around the phenomenon of incest. By integrating both psychodynamic (intrapsychic) and interactional (systemic) approaches, this dissertation seeks to avoid the pitfalls of rcification, distortion and reductionism. This dissertation adopted the methodology of a single case study. A clinical x interview was analysed according to Erikson's (1950) developmental stages and these stages were viewed from a systemic perspective. Erikson's developmental stages which are bipolar in nature, were proposed as double binding paradoxical contexts. As such, Erikson's views were seen as metaphors of systemic and heuristic value to the author. This dissertation hypothesised that the therapeutic system was a subsystem in interaction with the abusive subsystem and as such would reflect within its content and process the secrets and interactions of the incestuous family system. In investigating this hypothesis, the interactions between the secret incestuous subsystems and other family subsystems were examined. The findings of this work confirm the hypothesis. It is hoped that the application of this knowledge shall enable therapists and investigators to identify the possibility of incest in the narrative of adults and thereby avoid reports of incest being dismissed, avoided or clouded by scientific discussion. As such, the occurrence of incest, which is often an unmentionable secret, may be addressed and the patterns of incest identified in the initial conversation with the victim.
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Capitani, Gina Maria. "A systemic description of a psychiatric locked ward." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12020.
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology)The focus of this study centres on the dynamics of psychiatric female acute locked ward. The aim of the thesis is to offer an additional view of a psychiatric locked ward,with the potential of opening new avenues of functioning or change. A systemic theoretical model is utilised in an attempt to reach such an understanding/perspective. The casestudy method was adopted which involved clinical observation by an intern clinical psychologist. The thesis demonstrated that individual behaviour and/or interaction between individuals on a psychiatric locked ward may be further related to the context or unit as a whole. In other words, understanding/perception may be extended to a further level of interpretation, namely, at a systemic or feedback of feedback level.
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Meyer-Prentice, Monika. "Logotherapy with Boeschemeyer's value-oriented imagery in multicultural contexts." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11995.
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In this qualitative, interpretive, multi-perspective study a new and promising
salutogenic imagery approach developed in Germany, called Value-Oriented
Imagery (Wertimagination/WIM®) was researched in regard to its applicability in
multicultural (non-European) contexts. A second question researched was whether
specific cultural or regional “dialects” would be encountered in the universal inner
picture language of persons from other (non-European) cultural backgrounds than
the one the approach was developed within.
A WIM® study with eighteen participants from African South African, Asian South
African and European South African cultural backgrounds was conducted in
Johannesburg in 2011 and 2012. The results were analysed and compared with
WIM® work experiences from Germany. Subsequently the results of the
comparison were discussed in three WIM® expert interviews: with Uwe
Boeschemeyer, Stephan Peeck and Andreas Boeschemeyer.
The main outcome of this research study is that Value-Oriented Imagery can be
seen as a rewarding contribution to South African multicultural (logo)therapy/
counselling contexts. Only minor cultural and regional “dialects” occurred in the
universal inner symbols of the RSA study participants, such as the occurrence of
more water features, especially waterfalls, and more spontaneous, unintended
Healthy Inner Child encounters. The present study suggests that work with Value-
Oriented Imagery could make a valuable contribution within any cultural and
multicultural (logo)therapy/counselling context.Psychology
D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
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Mattheys, Eben David. "A comparison between the Dyad Grid and IPAT anxiety scale in therapeutic outcome assessment." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7082.
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M.A.In accordance with literature indications that have established the need for psychotherapeutic outcome assessment instruments to determine the effects of psychotherapy, an exploratory and comparative study was conducted with anxiety disorder clients in private practice settings. The purpose of the study was to verify the recommendations made in the literature for the use of an idiographic method of outcome assessment (the Dyad Grid), as opposed to typically applied normative methods (the IPAT Anxiety Scale). The nature of the suggestions concerning the application of an idiographic method of outcome assessment, required the development of a theoretical framework which integrated the assessment procedure in an explanatory manner. To this end, the personal construct psychology view of anxiety was discussed in relation to repertory grid technique and prior outcome assessment research conducted with the Dyad Grid. On the basis of the personal construct approach to anxiety, a pre-test post-test research design was used to establish the utility of the Dyad Grid to discriminate between beneficial and nonbeneficial psychotherapy outcomes with anxiety disorder clients. The outcome results of the Dyad Grid assessments were compared with the results obtained from the IPAT Anxiety Scale, in conjunction with qualitative post-therapeutic ratings of benefit, or a lack of benefit, made by the client and therapist. The findings obtained on the basis of 14 case-studies are encouraging. The Dyad Grid displayed a statistically significant level of agreement with the client and therapist ratings of therapeutic outcome (onetailed, p = 0,05), whereas the IPAT Anxiety Scale did not. Though limited to a sample of convenience, and subject to an idiographic methodological bias, the discussion of the results indicated that the study provides support for the use of idiographic procedures as an alternative to nomothetic methods of outcome assessment. It is concluded that the initial success of the Dyad Grid in assessing psychotherapy outcome as beneficial or non-beneficial warrants further investigation with a large sample research design.
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Ralenala, Maropeng. "A case study of romantic disappointment : betrayal, rejection and irrational beliefs." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12279.
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology)Disappointments in romantic relationships can have distressing and prolonged cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects. This study explored such disappointments in the form of betrayal, rejection and the accompanying beliefs, emotions and behaviours using the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy theoretical framework. A theory-building positivistic case study design was implemented. Five participants completed a quantitative measure of REBT beliefs, the Shortened General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale, and participated in a semistructured interview. The experience of a romantic betrayal or rejection elicited greater irrational than rational beliefs, and more dysfunctional than functional outcomes (emotions and behaviours) for each participant. The implications for clinical practice are discussed using the REBT theoretical framework.
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Valdez, Gladys Sánchez 1979. "A structured writing intervention for Mexican American college students with worry related to educational success." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/15890.
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The present study modified an intervention known as the expressive writing paradigm to assess its efficacy in reducing academic worry, general anxiety, and general psychological distress in a sample of Mexican origin college students. Traditionally, the expressive writing paradigm involves having participants write about a topic of concern for 15 consecutive minutes, 3 consecutive days, without attending to details about grammar or punctuation. The aim of the present study was to modify the writing paradigm into a more structured, problem-focused writing intervention and to assess whether this modification would facilitate the reduction of Latino participantsí academic worry and produce a reduction of their overall worry and psychological distress. The expressive writing paradigm was modified by incorporating components of cognitive behavioral therapy, and specifically cognitive restructuring, into the new writing intervention. It was hypothesized that by combining the writing paradigm and cognitive restructuring techniques, the benefits derived from the expressive writing paradigm would likely be enhanced. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions ñ the traditional writing paradigm (TWP) condition, the structured writing intervention (SWI) condition, or to a control group condition. This study also assessed the relation of level of acculturation and traditional Mexican family values on the efficacy of the treatment interventions. Assessments were conducted at pre-treatment, post-treatment, two week follow-up, and one month follow-up. Results indicated that the TWP condition outperformed the SWI condition at post-treatment in reducing overall psychological distress. However, these effects did not last at follow up assessments. Additionally, family value scores served as a moderator of treatment effects. The results of this study highlight the importance of conducting culturally-informed intervention research to assess the validity of the assumption clinicians currently use to guide their treatments. These findings also highlight the importance of focusing on patients' values when formulating treatment interventions. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.text
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Van, Wyk Sandra. "Ondersteuningsbenadering aan psigiatriese gemeenskapsverpleegkundiges in interaksie met psigiatriese pasiente." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12946.
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Prisman, Desiree. "The revolving door syndrome : a systemic approach." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9224.
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M.A. (Psychology)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the services and methods provided by the various medical and psychological professions within an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting. While working at a psychiatric hospital, the researcher was struck by the high readmittance rate of patients. This tended to create a general feeling of disappointment, frustration and impotence amongst the professions. The importance of such an investigation was therefore required, in order to help facilitate and improve current methods. A thorough investigation of the literature with regard to the current treatment methods at psychiatric hospitals, both on an international and national level, were undertaken. An in-depth case study was described and analysed to indicate the recurrent procedures, methods and treatment modalities that were being instituted within the hospital setting. The aim of this thesis was also to propose an alternative method to the current procedures, using an in-depth case study to indicate the use thereof.
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Bukman, Marie-Jeanne. "The development of a new identity through the process of bereavement counselling : a qualitative study." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22649.
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The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how narrative therapy may facilitate not only a lessening of distressing symptoms for bereaved persons, but may also facilitate growth in identity. Five case studies are presented. The participants were chosen to illuminate different grief experiences. The case studies include a description of grieving people from different backgrounds, each with a unique relationship with the person or people who died, all of whom had different causes of death such as suicide, murder and natural causes. These differences provide an opportunity to explore the application of the therapy model with a range of grief experiences.
A full and rich description of the experiences of the participants yield insight into the shared themes such as the impact of social expectations of how a grieving person should conduct him or herself, difficult physical and emotional experiences, the many losses flowing from the death, as well as an in-depth discussion of the identity growth that takes place as the bereaved person takes on different roles and tasks.
Postmodern epistemology and social constructivism informed the praxis and interpretation of narrative therapy as bereavement model. Narrative therapy is shown as especially effective for grief therapy with therapeutic tenets such as deconstructing and creating richer narratives and alternative stories that enables the bereaved to explore diverse aspects of their character. The emphasis on what remains rather than what is lost, and the concept of remembering the loved one who died in the community of those who stay behind, transmute the loss-story to one of remembering and incorporating, which tends to bring significant emotional relief.
This study contributes towards the field of growth through bereavement for which there seems to be a paucity in research. Furthermore, it provides additional evidence for post-traumatic growth in general, especially with the assistance of narrative therapy.Psychology
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