I’mprovisation – Therapists’ Subjective Experience during Improvisational Moments in the Clinical Encounter

Romanelli, Assael; Moran, Galia S.; Tishby, Orya

doi:10.1080/10481885.2019.1614836

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“…Participants never used the term “improvisation” to describe this feature of presence which they experienced both in art making and in therapy. But I found that I kept using the term in my focussed coding to denote: “responding to the environment with a fresh and novel choice.” The term seemed to provide conceptual clarity and the promise of a practical application, because improvisation is a skill that can be honed (Romanelli et al, 2019).…”

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A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality

Blunden

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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Grounded theory (GT) is a popular research methodology that has been used in various fields and disciplines. Its researchers face the paradox of their method being grounded in both data and theory, potentially resulting in researcher ambivalence towards existing knowledge and constructing “thin” or “descriptive” theory as a result. In this reflective paper, the researcher uses a case example of theorising the category “improvisation,” to explore the deliberate decolonial use of literature in GT. They share detailed examples of inductive coding, analytic memoing and abduction of the category. They describe a paradigm‐changing moment of realisation when they discovered their own colonial thinking towards this category and the subsequent perspective change that occurred when they attempted to “de‐link” from their colonial thinking and apply a decolonialised lens to their category. The work of Black and Indigenous authors enabled the researcher to theorise “improvisation” as a valid, transdisciplinary practice that lies at the heart of both therapy and art making. The researcher concludes that researchers intending to decolonialise their knowledge production should take a critical‐reflexive stance towards existing theory, deliberately seeking out alternate, decolonial ways of knowing, in order to construct more vital, convivial and emancipatory theories. They also offer a decolonial reimagining of therapy as a grounded, responsive, intentional and social improvisational practice, which is co‐created between client and therapist.

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“…The term seemed to provide conceptual clarity and the promise of a practical application, because improvisation is a skill that can be honed (Romanelli et al, 2019).…”

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A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality

Blunden

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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Listen Like an Actor: The Key to the Performing Art of Therapy

O’Connell

2023

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

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IMPROVing Spontaneity: Gestalt Therapy Perspective on Improvisational Theater as a Therapeutical Intervention

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Wurmová,

Krčmářová

2024

Gestalt Review

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This article outlines the theoretical background for improv-therapeutical processes and interventions found in the contemporary theory of the Gestalt therapeutic approach. Although there is a growing number of studies reporting on the potential of improvisational theater in psychological well-being and psychotherapy, few of them explore theoretical parallels with existing psychotherapeutic approaches. This article proposes that the roots and paradigms of improv theater and Gestalt therapy are epistemologically close and explore how concepts specific for relational Gestalt therapy—understanding of self as a process in the phenomenological intersubjective field, an aesthetic approach to mental health, and the notion of creative adjustment—could contribute to the understanding and empowering of the therapeutic processes found in improv theater. The theory proposes that nurturing creative and spontaneous processes in improv possibly contributes to the healthy functioning of the self and, therefore, enhances healthy contact with the environment.

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I’mprovisation – Therapists’ Subjective Experience during Improvisational Moments in the Clinical Encounter

Cited by 3 publications

References 66 publications

A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality

A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality

Listen Like an Actor: The Key to the Performing Art of Therapy

IMPROVing Spontaneity: Gestalt Therapy Perspective on Improvisational Theater as a Therapeutical Intervention

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