Setbacks in the process of assimilation of problematic experiences in two cases of emotion-focused therapy for depression

• Author(s): Mendes, Inês ; Rosa, Catarina ; Stiles, William B. ; Caro Gabalda, Isabel ; Gomes, Pedro ; Basto, Isabel ; Salgado, João
• Date: 2016
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/46681
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Assimilation model; APES; Setbacks in psychotherapy; Process research; Emotion-focused therapy
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

Research on the assimilation model has suggested that psychological change takes place in a sequence of stages punctuated by setbacks, that is, by transient reversals in the developmental course. This study analyzed such setbacks in one good outcome case and one poor outcome case of Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for depression.

This article was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the grant PTDC/PSI-PCL/103432/2008 (Decentering and change in psychotherapy, 2010–2013) and under the Postdoctoral research grants SFRH/BPD/98196/2013 and SFRH/BPD/80671/2011.