Dominance and Nurturance in the Narratives Told by Clients in Psychotherapy

McMullen, Linda M.; Conway, John B.

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“…The potential for interpersonal classification is only beginning to be explored, and indeed, recent research points to an important practical application‐for predicting response to psychotherapy. In this regard, a number of studies (Davies‐Osterkamp, Strauss, & Schmitz, 1996; Gurtman, 1996; Horowitz et al, 1988; Horowitz, Rosenberg, & Bartholomew, 1993; McMullen & Conway, 1997; cf. Maling, Gurtman, & Howard, 1995) have now either shown or suggested that individuals classified in the friendly/submissive quadrant are more likely to profit from psychodynamic therapy than are those in other quadrants.…”

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Circular measurement redux: The analysis and interpretation of interpersonal circle profiles.

Gurtman

Balakrishnan

1998

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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Forty years ago, the Kaiser Research group pioneered an approach t o interpersonal assessment based on a structural model of personality, the interpersonal circle. With renewed interest in circular models, issues about the measurement, analysis, and application of these kinds of individual data reemerge. This article is an introduction t o and revision of the b u i c principles of circular profile analysis. Using the recent circumplex of interpersonal problems, we define the model and its data, explain the structural summary, and discuss the descriptive and possible clinical significance of profile indices. Future researchers should seek t o expand understanding of how circular profile variables relate to clinical assessment and treatment, and also apply the analytic methods t o test key aspects of interpersonal theory.(2) The variables ofapersonality system should be designed to measure-on the same continuum-the normal or "adjustive" aspects ofbehavior as well as abnormal or pathological extremes. (3) Measurement of interpersonal behavior requires a broad collection of simple, specijc variables which are systematically related to each other and which are applicable to the study of adjustive or maladjustive responses. Correspondence regarding this article can be directed to either author: Michael B. G u m , Psychology Department, University ofWisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha. WI 53141; orJ. D. Balakrishnan, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Electronic mail may be sent via Internet to gurtman@uwp.edu.

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Section: Directions For Future Researchmentioning

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Circular measurement redux: The analysis and interpretation of interpersonal circle profiles.

Gurtman

Balakrishnan

1998

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

141

173

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“…Another central CCRT dimension is the responses' (of other and of self) valence, which can be positive (e.g., self-confident), when the client does not expect or perceives an interference with wish actualization, or negative (e.g., helpless), when such interference is perceived or anticipated (Ciaglia, 2010 Luborsky and colleagues (1992) argued that in successful psychotherapy, changes in the responses of other and of the self are more common than changes in wishes. Thus, a successful transformation of the CCRT present at the beginning of therapy is achieved by a decrease in negative responses and an increase in positive responses (of other and of self; Crits-Christoph & Luborsky, 1998;McMullen & Conway, 1997). Several studies (e.g., Bressi et al, 2000;Cierpka et al, 1998) further suggested that these indicators are associated with symptomatic improvement.…”

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Narrative and Clinical Change in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: A Comparison of Two Recovered Cases

Gonçalves

Batista

Freitas

2016

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

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“…In selecting the particular instances that informed the present study, I relied on my previous knowledge of the content and themes discussed by each woman during her course of psychotherapy. This knowledge was attained through hundreds of hours of listening to the audiotapes of sessions and working with a large, transcribed set of metaphors of self and other actions (see McMullen & Conway, 1994) and of narratives of interpersonal episodes (see McMullen & Conway, 1997).…”

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Metaphors in the talk of "depressed" women in psychotherapy.

McMullen¹

1999

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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Variations in how we describe, explain, and treat "depression" and in who is labeled "depressed" attest to the significance of the social-historical contexts in which our understandings and practices are based. A prevalent, modern-day (Western) conception of "depression" is as a gendered (primarily female), devalued condition characterized by a discourse of the deficient self. In an effort to learn more about the particular forms of this discourse, the metaphors used by 10 "depressed" women to talk to their psychotherapists about their "selves" in relation to their perceived difficulties were studied. Two broad cultural imperatives were constructed from these metaphors: (1) Don't be too mothering and (2) Don't be too child-like. At the core of these two imperatives were messages about the importance of autonomy, for both oneself and others. This valuing of autonomy can be clearly located at the heart of 20 th -century Western ideals.

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Dominance and Nurturance in the Narratives Told by Clients in Psychotherapy

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Circular measurement redux: The analysis and interpretation of interpersonal circle profiles.

Circular measurement redux: The analysis and interpretation of interpersonal circle profiles.

Narrative and Clinical Change in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: A Comparison of Two Recovered Cases

Metaphors in the talk of "depressed" women in psychotherapy.

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