Therapists' in-session experiences with depressive clients: A grounded theory
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords
- countertransference, depression, grounded theory method, therapeutic relationship, therapists' experience,
- MeSH
- Depression therapy MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Process Assessment, Health Care * MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Psychotherapy methods MeSH
- Grounded Theory * MeSH
- Health Personnel psychology MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
OBJECTIVE: This study explores the experiential process of psychotherapists during a session with a currently depressive client. METHOD: Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 30 therapists and the grounded theory method was used as a methodological framework. RESULTS: The therapists' experience was conceptualized as Experiential oscillation between getting closer to a client's depressive experience and moving away from it. Its development over the course of a session is depicted by a six-phase Depression Co-experiencing Trajectory model. CONCLUSIONS: The resultant theory interconnects different therapists' emotional responses to a depressive client within a coherent process model, which allows us to track the changes in therapists' experiences, to name the relations between them, and to connect them with the therapy's in-session microprocesses.
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