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

Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Batista, João; Freitas, Sara

doi:10.1080/10720537.2016.1183537

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“…The IMCS proposes three Levels of narrative change: Level 1 refers to the emergence of new thoughts and actions centred on dealing with the problem; Level 2 is oriented to the elaboration of new meaning and usually emerges in two distinct narrative forms, namely a contrast between a maladaptive aspect of the past self and a more adjusted one, or a description of a process of change; Level 3 is characterized by an integration of the components of Level 2 IMs in an articulated form (that is, a contrast and process). Previous studies (e.g., Gonçalves, Batista & Freitas, 2017) have shown that Level 1 IMs occur both in recovered and unchanged cases, while Level 2 and 3 IMs being more typical of recovered cases (for more details about the IMCS, see .…”

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Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the Innovative Moments Coding System for Groups

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Introduction. In group psychotherapy research, there are few reliable measures for tracking members’ change. This study proposes a further adaptation of the Innovative Moment Coding System for Groups (IMCS-G), a reliable method previously developed in one format of group intervention for detecting innovative moments (IMs). IMs are exceptions to the clients’ problematic narratives, organized in different levels of complexity in terms of meaning elaboration (Level 1, 2, and 3). IMCS-G consists of 7 categories (Self-Directed, Other-Directed, Explicit Mirroring, Interaction 1, Interaction 2, Collective, Voice of Group) organized in two macro-categories: Individual (e.g., change was narrated by a single participant) and Group IMs (e.g., change was co-constructed by more than one participant). Methods. Two reliable coders applied the IMCS-G to analyze the transcripts of nine sessions of a counseling group addressed to underachieving university students (N=10) and eight sessions of a brief group psychotherapy targeted to substance abusers (N=8). Agreement and reliability for IMCS-G categories and their Levels were calculated. Results. Consistently with previous studies, a strong agreement and reliability for IMCS-G categories and Levels were found in both group interventions. Furthermore, despite some differences in the frequency of IMCS-G categories and Levels, in both interventions, there was a higher frequency of Self-Directed IMs, a lower frequency of the Explicit Mirroring IMs, and a higher frequency of Level 3 Group IMs. Discussion. This study confirmed the reliability of IMCS-G in different group formats, but it also suggested rooms of improvement for some IMCS-G categories.

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