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A model of therapeutic action grounded in the patients’ view of curative and hindering factors in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0859-1012
2005 (English)In: Psychotherapy, ISSN 0033-3204, E-ISSN 1939-1536, Vol. 42, no 3, p. 324-339Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The patients’ view of curative and hindering factors in psychoanalytic psychotherapy was explored, starting from conducting the Private Theories Interview with 22 young adult patients at termination of their therapies. A tentative theoretical model of therapeutic action was constructed using grounded theory methodology.Talking About Oneself, Having a Special Place and Relationship, and Exploring Together With the Therapist were perceived as curative factors by the patients, leading to therapeutic impacts such as New Relational Experiences and Expanding Self-Awareness. Hindering aspects included experiencing that Talking Is Difficult and that Something Was Missing in therapy, interacting with negative impacts such as Self-Knowledge Is Not Enough and Experiencing Mismatch. Methodological issues, the question of common versus specific factors, and implications for clinical practice are discussed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Psychological Association (APA), 2005. Vol. 42, no 3, p. 324-339
Keywords [en]
psychoanalytic psychotherapy, patients’ view, curative and hindering factors, therapeutic action, grounded theory [I]t
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Applied Psychology
Research subject
Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106286DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.42.3.324OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-106286DiVA, id: diva2:735776
Available from: 2014-07-31 Created: 2014-07-31 Last updated: 2022-02-23Bibliographically approved
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1. Exploring therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy: Attachment to therapist and change
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Exploring therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy: Attachment to therapist and change
2014 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The overall aim of this thesis was to explore therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from different perspectives (patient, therapist, observer), using different methodological approaches (qualitative and quantitative). Study I explores patients’ views of therapeutic action with grounded theory methodology. The results indicated that talking openly in a safe therapeutic relationship led to new relational experiences and expanding self-awareness. Hindering factors included difficulties “opening up” and experiencing something missing in treatment. Study II investigates experienced therapists’ views of therapeutic action. The development of a close and trusting relationship was perceived as the core curative factor. Patients’ fear of closeness hindered treatment from the therapists’ perspective. Study III involves the development and psychometric examination of a new rating scale for patient-therapist attachment (Patient Attachment to Therapist Rating Scale; PAT-RS). Inter-rater reliability was good for three of the subscales (Security, Deactivation, Disorganization), but poor for one (Hyperactivation). Patterns of correlations with other measures suggest construct validity for the reliable subscales. Study IV examines the relationships between secure attachment to therapist, alliance, and outcome. Linear mixed-effects models, controlling for therapist effects, treatment length and patient-rated alliance, indicated that secure attachment to therapist relates to outcome. Further, the unique variance associated with secure attachment to therapist predicted continued gains in functioning during follow-up. The results of this thesis suggest that the development of a secure attachment to the therapist is a central mechanism of therapeutic change. The results are discussed in relation to established notions of therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Two tentative process models that may be useful for clinical practice and future research are proposed. 

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Stockholm: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 2014. p. 73
Keywords
Therapeutic action, mechanisms of change, psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, psychotherapy, young adults, attachment to therapist, therapeutic alliance, process, outcome, grounded theory, linear mixed models
National Category
Applied Psychology
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106501 (URN)978-91-7447-988-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2014-11-21, David Magnussonsalen (U31), Frescati hagväg 8, Stocksholm, 13:00 (English)
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At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: Epub ahead of print.

Available from: 2014-10-30 Created: 2014-08-08 Last updated: 2022-02-23Bibliographically approved

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