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Teorie private di pazienti e terapeuti a confronto: uno studio multiple-case nella fase preliminare del trattamento psicoanalitico

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Comparing private theories of patients and therapists: a multiple-case study in the preliminary phase of psychoanalytic treatment
  • Emilio Domenico Fava
  • , M. Chichi
  • , A. D. Linciano
  • , Davide Margola*
  • , G. C. Galvano
  • , V. Nuzzaci
  • , P. Chiari
  • , L. L. Reatto
  • *Corresponding author

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Abstract

[Autom. eng. transl.] INTRODUCTION: The present study intends to explore the so-called "private theories" that patients and therapists elaborate in the initial phase of psychoanalytic treatment, in terms of points of convergence, divergence and intertwining that these theories reveal. On this front, in fact, it has been found that patients and therapists face the initial phases of the care work on the basis of theories that we could define as "unconscious" or "naive", regarding the nature and course of the pathogenesis, as well as regarding the treatment itself. These theories also have predictive value at multiple levels: in the evolution of the working alliance, in the construction-deconstruction of the resistance to treatment, in terms of process and outcome. METHOD: Starting from 20 semi-structured interviews (PTI, Private Theories Interview; Ginner, Werbart, Levander, & Sahlberg, 2001), homogeneously administered to patients and therapists "matchati" among them for couples (10 and 10), proceeded with an integral transcription work and, subsequently, a textual analysis (algorithmic, by clustering, factorial). The interviews were also coded through some transversal dimensions (eg, temporality, nature and location of the problem; form of the speech). RESULTS: The emerging theoretical model identifies four main clusters of private theories, focused in the sense (1) diagnostic-experiential, (2) relational-contextual, (3) gratification-frustration of desire, (4) of the crisis-impasse. Preliminary results indicate specific oppositions (specifically, 1 and 4 vs. 2 and 3), as well as a partial convergence between patients and therapists regarding (1) and (2), as well as an emphasis on the latter, i.e. therapists, regarding (3). CONCLUSIONS: The implications that these findings have on the level of clinical intervention will be discussed, especially in the direction of its possible "targeted" adjustments.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Comparing private theories of patients and therapists: a multiple-case study in the preliminary phase of psychoanalytic treatment
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationI soggetti della relazione terapeutica. Tra clinica e ricerca
Pages5
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventXI Congresso Nazionale della Society for Psychotherapy Research (S.P.R.), sezione italiana - MILANO -- ITA
Duration: 21 Oct 201622 Oct 2016

Conference

ConferenceXI Congresso Nazionale della Society for Psychotherapy Research (S.P.R.), sezione italiana
CityMILANO -- ITA
Period21/10/1622/10/16

Keywords

  • Private Theories Interview (PTI)
  • Teorie private

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