Terapeuters och patienters tankar om vad som är verksamt i individuell psykoterapi
- Författare
- Lindgren, O.
- Titel
- Terapeuters och patienters tankar om vad som är verksamt i individuell psykoterapi
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Stad
- Karlstad:
- Utgivare
- Licentiatavhandling. Karlstads universitet
- Sammanfattning
The overall aim of this licentiate thesis is to explore psychotherapists'
and patients' thoughts about what is effective in psychotherapy, focusing
on their own experience of psychotherapeutic work. The method
chosen for data collection and analysis was grounded theory in both the
included studies.
In Study 1 psychotherapists, licensed for individual psychotherapy
were interviewed. A total of nine informants participated in the study,
both men and women with different professional backgrounds and with
different psychotherapeutic approaches.
A central concept, Renewing experience, was developed from the data.
Renewing experience is a process where the therapist and patient in
cooperation and dialogue are trying to create situations where the patient
makes new experiences. These experiences call into question or challenge
past experiences of the patient or gives a new perspective on past experiences
that make them more understandable and manageable. Renewing
experience leads to changes in the patient's experiential world and behaviour
that increase psychological well-being.
In Study 2 eight persons were interviewed who have attended individual
psychotherapy of various lengths and theoretical orientation with
a licensed psychotherapist. They contributed data on sixteen psychotherapies
as several of them had experience of more than one psychotherapy.
The central concept that evolved from the data was The therapist's
responsive acceptance. Responsiveness means that the therapist has the ability
to prove sensitive to the patient's needs and emotional states and to provide
feedback in an appropriate and constructive manner. Acceptance
represents a supportive and non-judgmental atmosphere and the therapist's
tolerance, kindness and understanding attitude.