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Premature termination of the unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment...
Oliveira, João Tiago; Sousa, Ines; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Ambivalence towards change is an expected, recurrent process in psychological change. However, the prolonged experience of ambivalence in psychotherapy contributes to client disengagement, which could result in treatment dropout. Considering the negative effects of premature termination of therapy and the convenience of the identification of clients who are at risk of dropping out before achieving good-outcome,...
Ambivalence in psychotherapy questionnaire: development and validation studies
Oliveira, João Tiago; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Research emphasizes that individuals' engagement with change process is a significant predictor of therapeutic outcomes. Ambivalence is a natural phenomenon in change processes, but when individuals cannot overcome it, their problems may intensify. Ambivalence towards change, a client variable characterized by an intrapersonal conflict between two positions of the self, one in favour of change and another one i...
Innovative moments as developmental change levels: a case study on meaning inte...
Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Soylemez, Kerem K.; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Innovative moments are alternative meanings to the problems expressed by clients and are organized into three levels. This study analyzes if these levels are not only change markers related to symptomatology outcomes, but also gradual steps in meaning development. A thematic analysis was carried out in a case of depression treated with narrative therapy. Results revealed three themes that evolved from level 1 t...
Ambivalence predicts symptomatology in cognitive-behavioral and narrative thera...
Braga, Catia; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Sousa, Inês; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Background: The identification of poor outcome predictors is essential if we are to prevent therapeutic failure. Ambivalence - defined as a conflictual relationship between two positions of the self: one favoring change and another one favoring problematic stability - has been consistently associated with poor outcomes. However, the precise relationship between ambivalence and clients' symptomatology remains un...
Interacção terapêutica em momentos de ambivalência : Um estudo exploratório de ...
Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Loura, Joana; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Ribeiro, Eugénia; Santos, Anita; Matos, MarleneNo processo psicoterapêutico a mudança constrói-se através da emergência e expansão de excepções ao funcionamento problemático do cliente. Contudo, o potencial de mudança destas excepções ou inovações pode ser abortado através da atenuação do seu significado quando o cliente as desvaloriza, trivializa ou nega. Quando este processo se repete ao longo da terapia estamos na presença de ambivalência, na medida em q...