An Exploratory Study of Clients' Experiences of Therapeutic Alliance and Outcome in Solution-Focused Marital Therapy
| Autor: | Marc B. Dielman, Mark Odell, Timothy J. Butler Ma Mfcs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Psychotherapist
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Exploratory research Outcome (game theory) Solution focused brief therapy Grounded theory Gender Studies Alliance Perception Marital Therapy Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Applied Psychology Qualitative research Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy. 4:1-22 |
| ISSN: | 1533-2683 1533-2691 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j398v04n01_01 |
| Popis: | This exploratory study examined the therapeutic alliance in solution-focused marital therapy utilizing a qualitative design. Eight couple clients were interviewed conjointly about their experiences in treatment after they had terminated therapy, and the themes generated from the interviews were analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Results suggest that the clients were pleased, overall, with the therapist, but they were not always pleased with therapy or the outcome of therapy. The individual members of the couples were not always unified in their perception of therapy, either positively or negatively. Closely related to this finding was the additional component of client expectations regarding therapy or the therapist. If these expectationsmost of which were unspokenwere not met to the satisfaction of one of the members of the couple, the therapeutic process was not perceived as very effective. It was also revealed that some of the formulaic questions common to solution-focused therapy were... |
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