In this significant departure from and contribution to the existing
psychotherapy research literature, Shaw employs a grounded theory
methodology to guide the collection and analysis of interview data
from clients who report unsuccessful therapy experiences. Shaw
ultimately puts forth "The Client's Helical Path" as a theoretical
model that subsumes four subcategories: Embarking, Evaluating,
Ending, and Familiarity. Clients Embark upon a course of therapy
with certain expectations; they later Evaluate their experience on
the basis of these expectations; they End therapy when it is
adjudicated as not sufficiently successful. Clients' Familiarity
with therapy is enhanced with each successive experience, and this
familiarity implicates clients' subsequent Expectations,
Evaluations, and Endings. The theory contextualizes clients'
experiences of unsuccessful therapy at the level of the individual,
rather at the level of the course of therapy, thereby providing an
understanding for how past therapy experiences influence future
ones. Shaw provides multiple credibility checks for his theory.
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
August 2008 |
First published: |
August 2008 |
Authors: |
Stephen Shaw
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
244 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-03542-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
3-639-03542-9 |
Barcode: |
9783639035421 |
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