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Is the quality of therapeutic collaboration associated with the assimilation of...
Ryttinger, Raquel; Stiles, William B.; Serralta, Fernanda; Silva, Vania; Cardoso, Catia; Ferreira, Angela; Basto, Isabel; Sousa, Inês; Ribeiro, EugéniaObjective: How are collaborative interactions associated with clients' progress in therapy? This study addressed this question, by assessing the quality of therapeutic collaboration and comparing it passage by passage with the clients' assimilation of problematic experiences in two cases of major depression treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, one recovered and one improved-but-not-recovered. Method: We u...
Fluctuation in the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences: A Case Study of Dyn...
Basto, Isabel; Stiles, William B.; Bento, Tiago; Pinheiro, Patrícia; Mendes, Inês; Rijo, Daniel; Salgado, JoãoDynamic systems theory suggests that instability can be a key element in the promotion of human change processes. Several studies have confirmed an association between unstable patterns and successful psychotherapeutic outcome. Somewhat similarly, the assimilation model of psychotherapeutic change argues that clinical change occurs through the integration of problematic experiences that initially threaten the s...
Fluctuation in the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences: A Case Study of Dyn...
Basto, Isabel; Stiles, William B.; Bento, Tiago; Pinheiro, Patrícia; Mendes, Inês; Rijo, Daniel; Salgado, JoãoDynamic systems theory suggests that instability can be a key element in the promotion of human change processes. Several studies have confirmed an association between unstable patterns and successful psychotherapeutic outcome. Somewhat similarly, the assimilation model of psychotherapeutic change argues that clinical change occurs through the integration of problematic experiences that initially threaten the s...
Does assimilation of problematic experiences predict a decrease in symptom inte...
Basto, Isabel Morais; Stiles, William B.; Rijo, Daniel; Salgado, JoãoThe assimilation model describes therapeutic change as an integration of experiences that had previously been problematic, distressing, avoided, or warded off. This study assessed whether assimilation was associated with treatment outcome in a sample of psychotherapeutic treatments for depression. Further, it assessed the direction of the association-whether increasing assimilation predicted decreases in sympto...
Changes in symptom intensity and emotion valence during the process of assimila...
Basto, Isabel; Pinheiro, Patrícia; Stiles, William B.; Rijo, Daniel; Salgado, JoãoThe assimilation model describes the change process in psychotherapy. In this study we analyzed the relation of assimilation with changes in symptom intensity, measured session by session, and changes in emotional valence, measured for each emotional episode, in the case of a 33-year-old woman treated for depression with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Results showed the theoretically expected negative relation b...
Therapeutic collaboration and the assimilation of problematic experiences in em...
Ribeiro, Eugénia; Cunha, Carla; Teixeira, Ana Sofia; Stiles, William B.; Pires, Nuno; Santos, Beatriz; Basto, Isabel; Salgado, JoãoAims: The Assimilation model argues that therapists should work responsively within the client’s therapeutic zone of proximal development (TZPD). This study analyzed the association between the collaborative processes assessed by the Therapeutic Collaboration Coding System (TCCS) and advances in assimilation, as assessed by the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES). Method: Sessions 1, 4, 8, 12, ...
Immersion and distancing during assimilation of problematic experiences in a go...
Barbosa, Eunice; Couto, Ana Bela; Basto, Isabel; Stiles, William B.; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Salgado, JoãoSome studies have suggested that a decrease in immersion (egocentric perspective on personal experiences) and an increase in distancing (observer perspective on personal experiences) are associated with the resolution of clinical problems and positive outcome in psychotherapy for depression. To help clarify how this change in perspectives relates to clinical change, the present study compared changes in immersi...
Setbacks in the process of assimilation of problematic experiences in two cases...
Mendes, Inês; Rosa, Catarina; Stiles, William B.; Caro Gabalda, Isabel; Gomes, Pedro; Basto, Isabel; Salgado, JoãoResearch 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 ...
Therapist interventions and client ambivalence in two cases of narrative therap...
Ribeiro, António P.; Braga, Cátia; Stiles, William B.; Teixeira, Poliane; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Ribeiro, EugéniaAim: We understand ambivalence as a cycle of opposing expressions by two internal voices. The emergence of a suppressed voice produces an innovative moment (IM), challenging the dominant voice, which represents the client’s problematic selfnarrative. The emergence of the IM is opposed by the dominant voice, leading to a return to the problematic self-narrative. This study analyzed therapist and client responses...
Immersion and distancing during assimilation of problematic experiences in a go...
Barbosa, Eunice; Couto, Ana Bela; Basto, Isabel; Stiles, William B.; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Salgado, JoãoSome studies have suggested that a decrease in immersion (egocentric perspective on personal experiences) and an increase in distancing (observer perspective on personal experiences) are associated with the resolution of clinical problems and positive outcome in psychotherapy for depression. To help clarify how this change in perspectives relates to clinical change, the present study compared changes in immersi...