This study deals with the question of how therapists naturally develop an integrative perspective. A grounded theory analysis was conducted, based on retrospective interviews with seven experienced therapists (working together in the same training program). Adoption of an integrative perspective was found to be an unintended consequence of the development towards an autonomous personal therapeutic approach. This development is directed by two autonomous criteria (congruence and perceived efficacy) and results in intuitive integration. Complementary to this aspect is a heteronomous line of personal therapeutic approach development, characterized by two criteria (adherence and legitimization) and leading to identification. Autonomy and heteronomy are understood as general principles along which a therapist's development can be organized.

Surveys among psychotherapists tend to show a high preference for integrationism/eclecticism. There is, however, a lack of empirical studies exploring the process by which these psychotherapists arrive at this orientation. To answer this question, 22 autobiographies published by integrative psychotherapists were analyzed using grounded theory analytic procedures. The analysis resulted in a 3-stage developmental model, consisting of (a) the Adherence Phase, (b) the Destabilization Phase, and (c) the Consolidation Phase. The results are discussed in relation to several speculative models of psychotherapist development toward integration, as well as empirical literature on psychotherapist development. The results suggest that the tendency toward integration is best regarded as a natural part of the process of psychotherapist development.

Providing feedback on emotional experiences and decision makingMachajdik, J.; Stöttinger, J.; Danelova, E.; Pongratz, M.; Kavicky, L.; Valenti, R.; Hanbury, A. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Abstract-We present a novel lifelog system concept created to provide a human user with feedback on their conscious and unconscious emotional reactions and encourage the process of self-reflection by looking into an affective mirror. The emotion of the user is deduced from biometric data and enhanced by affective sound analysis and facial expression recognition of faces of the weares conversational partners. These high-level analyses also offer information about the social context of the user. All of the recorded data is processed using a novel modification of the spreading-activation theory which is used to model human-like associative thinking.Index Terms-affective computing, lifelog, visual diary, human digital memory, tools for self-reflection, emotional decision making, affective mirror I. INTRODUCTIONIn this paper we address another necessity of human life that keeps us sane, apart from interpersonal relationships: The immanent need of self-reflection and experience revision, as a key feature of our intrapersonal relationship. This is an area not tackled by the new media so far. We trust in our digital systems when it comes to organizing our daily lives, storing our most precious memories or to defining ourselves with prestigious gadgets. Self-reflection is not part of this boom. And emotions keep flying by, either unnoticed (unrecorded) or verbalized transcribed to a very limited code. While modern psychology comes up with ideas how to become whole again and deepen our sensitivity and mindfulness concerning our emotions and bodily reactions, computer science (paradoxically taking lead in providing opportunities for personalized self-expression) goes the exact opposite way. We therefore need a system that encourages self-reflection, especially one that gives us feedback on our emotional reactions and decision-making processes. Such a system could work both ways: provide users with feedback on their individual processes and help machines deepen an understanding of human emotional decision making. The proposed system will provide visual, audio, and biome...