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Fellowes, Jodie L. "Researching experience and changein psychodynamic therapies." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502500.
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The current ·situation in the NHS places demands on therapies to be evidence-based, . so that clients can choose from therapies of proven effectiveness. There is a lack of consensus about how to measure outcome in psychodynamic therapies. Few methodologically rigorous studies demonstrate the dynamic changes that psychodynamic approaches aim to achieve. In addition, little is known about the client's experience of being in psychodynamic therapy. In order to continue to be funded in the NHS, psychodynamic therapies need to better demonstrate their strengths in terms of process and outcome.
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Duarte-Gómez, Nancy. "Integration of psychodynamic psychotherapies with Latinos." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Nygren, Marianne. "Rorschach Comprehensive Variables and Assessment for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-368.
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Rationally selected Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 1991, 1993, 2003) Rorschach variables and suitability for psychodynamic psychotherapy were investigated in four studies with different designs. The participants comprised three clinical samples (n = 52, 25, and 69) of patients applying for and/or selected for dynamic psychotherapy. With few exceptions the CS variables were the same in the studies, and in all the studies the Rorschach was independent of clinical ratings/assessments and/or selection of patients for treatment. The first study dealt with the relation between 17 rationally selected CS variables and suitability for psychotherapy as represented by ratings of Dynamic Capacity and Ego Strength and by selection of therapy applicants for psychotherapy. The second and third studies concerned CS score differences between groups of patients differing in suitability for dynamic psychotherapy. In the second study, differences for CS variables were predicted for three groups of dynamic psychotherapy patients with mixed diagnoses. In the third study, CS score differences between two groups, differing in suitability but similar in comprising personality disordered patients, were predicted and tested. In the fourth study, correlations were predicted between 18 pre-therapy CS variables and patient post-therapy satisfaction with therapy and also with therapist post-therapy ratings of their patients’ suitability for dynamic therapy.
For the four studies taken together, positive results were obtained for EA, FC, the D Score, Blends, Zf, F%, MQo, and AG. The results for m, SumT, WSUM6, X-%, S, and FrrF were negative, whereas the results for YFY, FD, COP, and PER were too weak to permit interpretation.
The main limitation of the research in this thesis is the lack of psychometric data concerning the clinical ratings whereas the strength is the ecological validity. The results are positive for some of the CS variables selected, mainly concerning control and cognition but also touching upon emotional integration and interpersonal forcefulness. The usefulness of the CS in psychotherapy assessment may be enhanced if only those CS variables that are found valid for the purpose are used and general personality descriptions are avoided.
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Harding, Wendy Robyn, and wendy harding@rmit edu au. "Intersubjectivity and large groups a systems psychodynamic perspective." Swinburne University of Technology, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060505.151504.
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This thesis argues the importance of the quality of relation between the individual and the large group in work organisations. The main thrust of this argument is that where relations between the individual and the large organisation are mutually recognising both the individual and the large organisation benefit.
The research explores three unstructured large groups through experiences of participants. The conceptual framework underpinning the research follows system psychodynamic traditions. These traditions support in depth exploration of both conscious and unconscious aspects of group life.
A multi case study design allows analysis of each of the case studies of the large groups, first separately and then together. Each of the single case analyses reveals patterns of interaction that are thought about as defense against the difficulties of being in the particular large group. The findings of the single case studies then become data for the multicase analysis. In the multicase analysis intersubjective theory is introduced. These theories, along with traditional system psychodynamic theories, allow opportunity to deeply consider the way in which individuals relate to the large group, and the impact of this relation on the formation and development of the large group.
The multicase analysis shows the difficulties group members had in asserting themselves and finding recognition in each of the large groups. The analysis also shows that despite these problems members continued to seek a recognising relation to the large group. This type of recognition, �large group recognition�, is distinguished from recognition found within interpersonal relations.
The multicase data suggests group members found large group recognition through direct and representative relations to the formal authorities and through subgroup competition. However, this recognition appeared to be characterised by dynamics of domination and submission rather than by mutual recognition. In intersubjective terms this is the dialectic of the master and slave. Recognition garnered through a master slave dynamic is understood to be compromised and deplete of the self-affirming qualities of mutuality. Consequently, where large group culture and structure are characterised by, and perpetuate master slave dynamics, the large group and the individual do not function optimally. This is proposed as the circumstance in the large groups of this study. Specifically, it is argued that the large size of the groups, along with tendencies towards patriarchal structure and culture, were instrumental in fostering master slave dynamics in each of the groups.
To conclude the thesis the research findings are considered with respect to large work organisations. This discussion explores the value of organisational contexts informed by mutuality, most particularly as organisations face the challenges of the post industrial era.
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Byrnes, C. "The work of Ian McEwan : a psychodynamic approach." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311137.
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This thesis traces the 'metaplot' of Ian McEwan's progress, through his professional writing. Completely unknown in 1971, his work has attracted increasing recognition, culminating in the Booker prize in 1998. Early in his career, he gained access to elements of his unconscious through free-association, active imagination, meditation and the use of recreational drugs. These elements, which surfaced gradually and piecemeal, include strong feelings associated with the Oedipus complex, difficulties with masculine self-identification, feelings of rejection, unresolved grief, wishes to regress to the latency period of childhood, and sexuality contaminated with anal-sadistic power issues. McEwan dealt with these themes by creating characters who expressed them through sexual deviations and violence or acted them through to their logical conclusion. Thus he was able to confront previously repressed aspects of his inner life and resolve some of his emotional problems in safety, while availing himself of rich material for his fiction. His writing is not autobiographical, but it will be demonstrated that events in his life and his changing beliefs and values are reflected in his work. He achieves an illusion of authenticity by including real people and events, familiar to readers from recent history and the news, in vividly described settings. He shares with the reader his interest in advances in science and his concerns about the dangers facing mankind and the evils of authoritarian and patriarchal structures in the microcosm and macrocosm of human institutions. He synthesises these components under a strong narrative shelter of complex plots, dramatic suspense, unexpected thrills and shocks. The psychodynamic interpretations offered in this thesis depend on a detailed study of McEwan's published work. Their aim is to isolate the separate threads in the fabric of his fiction and demonstrate the maturation and increasing sophistication of his work.
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Mitchell, Colin. "The written psychodynamic formulation in a Jungian framework." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13491.
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Bibliography: leaves 67-71.The present thesis has two main aims. The first of these is to examine the reasons behind the author's finding during his training for the MA (Clinical Psychology) degree that there is a tendency in the Jungian literature for analytical psychology to be presented in a way which is distanced from the practical realities of the clinical situation. This examination is conducted through an appraisal of the Jungian literature and several clear, substantial reasons are revealed. The second aim has two parts to it. The first part is to attempt to justify using Jungian theory in the diagnostic and assessment context of clinical work. This is done by showing that two models, the individuation and medical models, both exist in analytical psychology but that the medical model has been under-emphasized. Following this, the psychodynamic formulation is situated in the context of clinical psychology in order to show its relationship to the diagnostic and assessment context of clinical work. The second part is to attempt to partly fill the gap in the Jungian literature through providing a format for the psychodynamic formulation in a Jungian framework and to show how the Jungian psychodynamic formulation informs management planning, with particular emphasis being placed on the assessment of patients for psychotherapy. This is done through providing provisional guidelines for the construction and use of the psychodynamic formulation in a Jungian framework in the context of a training programme such as the one the author has been in. Finally, a brief comment is included about a contrast which the author sees between the thesis of pluralism and his own views on the theoretical diversity that is employed in the present thesis.
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Guthrie, Shandon Lou. "A new metaphysics for Christian demonology : psychodynamic immaterialism." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2015. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/593712/.
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Many philosophers throughout Christianity’s history have asserted the existence of intermediary beings or, in more familiar terms, angels and demons. According to Christianity, God, angels, demons, and human souls are all thought to share a common nature, namely ‘spirit.’ This ‘spirit’ is thought to signify immateriality. Yet each is said to interact with the physical world. God, who is conceived of as omnipotent, can interact with the world simply at will. Human souls are paired with bodies which provides them the equipment to interact with the world. Angels receive special assistance from God by which they interact with the world. But demons, unlike angels, are not likely to benefit from any special assistance from God (unlike angels), nor are they themselves omnipotent (unlike God), nor are they paired with bodies (unlike humans). However, demons are believed to interact occasionally with this physical world. But how can an immaterial demon interact with a material world? Any appeals to the same explanations for how other immaterial beings (viz. humans, angels, or God) interact with the physical world will not do. I propose a solution that is consonant with their being purely immaterial creatures and yet does not rely on such an ad hoc manoeuvre. I argue that they actually never do interact with the physical world apart from their exploitation of human beings as proxies. I propose to explain their interaction in terms of their basic ability to cognitively interact with embodied souls. I call this sustaining affirmation of their immateriality along with this particular relationship they have with the world through human beings psychodynamic immaterialism.
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Tebbutt, Hayley Lynne. "Psychodynamic case formulations : reflections of a neophyte therapist's experiences of how developing and using a psychodynamic formulation may have influenced treatment?" Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006812.
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Although it is generally acknowledged and accepted that case formulations are useful in psychotherapy treatment, there is significantly little research illustrating how case formulations are useful in treatment. Research also suggests that case formulations are seldom used in practice after initial training (Eells, 1997; Sim, Gwee, & Bateman, 2005). This research was premised on a particular case study which appeared to highlight shifts in psychotherapy treatment in the sessions directly after the writing or revising of the case formulation, thus prompting the inquiry into the influence of the case formulation on therapeutic work. The research utilised a qualitative methodology and focused on a single case which was a 19 year old university student who expressed a problem with binge eating. The data was drawn from five original and revised case formulations. The participant was seen for 27 therapy sessions, over which time five case formulations were developed and revised. The findings in this study highlight the process of how a psychodynamic case formulation can influence therapeutic work, as reflected in three broad themes of adherence to the case formulation, the confidence of the therapist, and using the formulation as an intervention. The study contributes to arguments for the revival of the case formulation as a necessary therapeutic tool.KMBT_363
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Papé, Nicholas. "Perceptions of what facilitates learning on psychodynamic counselling courses : eight students' views." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/576351.
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The main purpose of the research was to explore factors that facilitate learning in psychodynamic counselling courses. The psychodynamic approach has no intrinsic theory of learning. The research approach was therefore conceptualised from a sociocultural model to enable an understanding of students’ learning within the social concept of the course. The learning environments were Higher Education psychodynamic counselling courses at two UK Universities. Eight adult students were encouraged to use qualitative judgements and personal views and reflections on what supported or constrained their learning during the course of their studies. Data were collected at important points across four years of study and analysed from a critical understanding of sociocultural theories (Vygotsky, 1934, 1962) and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapeutic theories (Freud, 1963). Results are presented for a qualitative study from snapshots in time in the light of these seminal theorists’ work as well as more modern theorists’ application of historic thought to modern circumstance. Nine dominant themes emerged from data analysis, which related to students’ personal development. These themes were: autonomy; self-changes; closeness; encouragement/ discouragement; individual learning process; ambivalence about judging the tutor; private life; self-esteem and confidence. The over-arching theme that emerged was the tutor-student relationship, understandable in sociocultural constructivist terms as enabling learning within a zone of proximal development (Vygotsky, 1978, 1986) and in psychodynamic terms as provision of a secure base from which students journeyed towards autonomous independent learning. The outcome suggests that eliciting and analysing students’ views may be important when planning and teaching counselling training in order to meet students’ individual learning needs. The originality of this research lies in its use of elements of the two paradigms to create lenses in an innovative way. A sociocultural constructivist framework has been used through which to understand psychodynamic counselling learning and training.
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Martens, Marlyn Leslie. "An investigation into the experience of being a protagonist in a psychodrama." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28831.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the meaning of the psychodrama process as experienced by individuals who claim that it resulted in significant change. Using an existential-phenomenological approach, the study described the meaning of the experience for six adult co-researchers. The co-researchers were asked to describe their experiences before, during, and after their psychodramas. Two interviews were conducted and these were tape recorded and transcribed. The transcripts were analyzed and themes were formulated which were validated by the co-researchers and woven into an exhaustive description of the psychodrama experience. The exhaustive description was condensed into an essential structure. Both the exhaustive description and the essential structure were validated by all the co- researchers. The results support elements of both psychodrama and Gestalt theory, as well as current theories of group development. Implications for counselling and further research are discussed.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
Graduate
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Fitzsimons, Declan. "A psychodynamic perspective on the implementation of shared leaderships." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7921.
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A
key
debate
within
leadership
research
is
whether
leadership
can
be
conceptualized
as
a
specialized
role
occupied
by
individuals
or
as
a
shared
influence
process
amongst
all
members
of
a
group
(Yukl,
2006).
Since
the
mid-‐
1990s
some
leadership
scholars,
as
a
counterpoint
to
the
dominance
of
the
former
and
using
terms
such
as
shared
and
distributed
leadership,
have
attempted
to
elaborate
new
‘post-‐heroic’
leadership
models
(Badaracco,
2001)
of
the
latter,
in
which
leadership
is
something
that
involves
all
group
members.
These
new
forms
of
leadership
are
often
positioned
as
something
that
organizations
can
implement
as
part
of
an
adaptive
response
to
a
rapidly
changing
world.
Despite
a
50-‐year
tradition
of
construing
leadership
as
a
group
level
construct,
little
attention
has
been
paid
in
these
emerging
debates
to
the
systems
psychodynamic
perspective.
From
this
perspective
there
are
grounds
for
suspecting
that
attempts
to
implement
shared
leadership
may
compound
rather
than
ameliorate
issues
related
to
adaptive
challenges
(Huffington,
James
and
Armstrong,
2004).
This
thesis
engages
with
the
shared
and
distributed
leadership
literatures
and
examines
how
a
systems
psychodynamic
perspective
can
contribute
not
only
to
debates
within
these
literatures
but
to
the
wider
controversies
in
the
leadership
literature.
This
thesis
reports
on
the
findings
of
a
single,
18-‐month,
longitudinal
case
study
of
a
senior
team
whose
managing
director
attempted
to
implement
shared
leadership.
Using
a
clinical
fieldwork
methodology
(Schein,
1987)
in
the
systems
psychodynamic
tradition
(Miller,
1993b;
Miller
and
Rice,
1967),
this
study
advances
a
number
of
contributions
to
theory.
These
include:
findings
that
challenge
existing
approaches
to
conceptualizing
leadership
–
shared
or
otherwise;
the
elucidation
of
complex
unconscious
team
processes
that
are
mobilized
as
a
senior
team
undertakes
adaptive
work;
and
thirdly,
a
more
sophisticated
and
theoretically
robust
conceptualization
of
leadership
as
a
group
level
phenomenon.
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Levy, Lisa-Ann. "Assessment of children for brief psychodynamic psychotherapy : training implications." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13539.
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Includes bibliography.The aim of this study is to develop a framework for the assessment of children for short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, with a particular emphasis on the training of child therapists. For this purpose the literature on brief child psychotherapy is reviewed, and selection criteria mentioned in the literature are collated and summarized. These criteria are then applied to 5 cases seen by trainees or newly qualified clinicians in order to assess their usefulness in a training setting. Potential sources of difficulty for inexperienced clinicians in the assessment for and process of this specialized form of child psychotherapy are considered, and guidelines as to how this approach could be usefully employed in a training institute are suggested. On the basis of the literature and case discussions, a format for the assessment of children for brief psychotherapy is devised in order to assist the trainee.
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Dartington, Timothy. "Developing a systems psychodynamic approach to health and social care." Thesis, University of East London, 2010. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/2602/.
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This introductory essay takes an historical developmental view to my published work, from my early career as a social researcher at the Tavistock Institute (1970-76), through further research and consultancy projects in health and social care systems in the public and not-for-profit sectors of the UK, and finally (2001-2007) to an involuntary participant observation of the dynamics of care in my own family. The review is in two sections. In the first part I describe the methodology of a systems dynamics approach to understanding organizations, and my contribution to that methodology in relation to systems of care around vulnerable people. In the second part I explore the development of my thinking about the dynamics of care systems with particular attention to six key publications from 1979 to 2010 (Appendix A), which together make the body of work submitted for examination.
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Tilbury, Emma. "The psychodynamic approach to observing organisations : towards a psychosocial intervention." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/27573.
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A mixed methods literature review was conducted to investigate methods of obtaining process feedback during and after a psychosocial intervention and how this has been used to evaluate the intervention. Twenty four articles were retrieved that met the inclusion criteria. The data were synthesized and critiqued according to methodological features, with limitations evaluated. Results were presented according to how the feedback research has been used in relation to therapeutic outcome and clinical implications were considered. Recommendations were suggested, including investigating long term outcomes where single measures were utilised. The research study involved a series of six psychodynamic ward observations of an acute inpatient ward. The data were analysed within the supervision group discussions; thematic analysis was conducted on the transcripts (Braun & Clarke, 2006); with further analysis occurring during academic supervision. Five main themes were created to describe the ward culture from the observer’s experience, which captured the dynamic processes and relationships between staff and patients. A follow on study is planned which involves presenting the current findings to the staff group in an attempt to validate the observation method. A critical appraisal is included which describes the researcher’s reflections throughout the research process and the impact experiential learning made on her.
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Hendricks, Melany L. "The psychodynamic implications of battering : a review of empirical research." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52559.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper aims to provide an understanding of the psychodynamic implications of battering on the victims of this form of abuse. Three dominant approaches to trauma (one descriptive, one explanatory and one phenomenological) are briefly discussed. Available empirical data is then explored to ascertain whether the empirical research correspond to these dominant theories. The research indicates that the theories all highlight different aspects of battering and all have important implications for treatment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie werkstuk poog om die psigodinamiese implikasies van vroue mishandeling te verstaan. Drie dominante modelle van hierdie vorm van trauma (een beskrywend, een verduidelikend, en een fenomonologies) word kortliks bespreek. Beskikbare empiriese navorsing word ge-eksploreer om vas te stelof die navorsing ooreenstem met hierdie dominante modelle. Die navoring dui daarop dat al hierdie modelle verskillende aspekte van vroue mishandeling uitlig, en dat al hierdie modelle beduidende implikasies het vir behandeling.
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Rawson, Penelope Mary Hamilton. "Short term psychodynamic psychotherapy : an analysis of the key principles." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1048/.
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Wilson, Marianne. "A psychodynamic view of male homosexuality : oedipal and pre-oedipal." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14327.
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Bibliography: leaves 50-54.For many years psychodynamically oriented research into homosexuality has been a topic for controversy. The "gay" community as well as many more sociologically oriented researchers see any investigation of the psychodynamics of this orientation as implying pathology and therefore contributing to stigmatization of homosexuals. More recently, however, psychoanalytic writers have questioned traditional assumptions and pointed to a need to look at the diversity of homosexual adaptations. Of interest in a more recent perspective is Socarides' (1979) classification, distinguishing between pre-oedipal and oedipal types of homosexuals. This paper argues that while generalization about "homosexuals" is impossible, a psychodynamic approach is useful in looking at the meaning and adaptive function of the homosexual orientation in each individual client and thus understand it in relation to personality organization and behaviour. A brief summary of psychoanalytic theory of male homosexuality is given with an emphasis on Socarides' classification. Two case studies are presented in an attempt to illustrate the usefulness of a psychodynamic approach and of the oedipal - pre-oedipal distinction. It is suggested that this distinction be seen more as a continuum of varying levels of ego-functioning.
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Jacobs, H. Sean. "The psychodynamic psychotherapy of a male transvestite : a case study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14321.
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Includes bibliography.The present study provides a description of selected core psychodynamic issues pertinent to a male transvestite patient. Case material from an ongoing 11 month psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy is used for illustrative purposes. The theoretical roles of the 'core complex', castration anxiety; aggression and a particular ego style are thematically outlined and illustrated by a discussion of the therapeutic process. An attempt is made to demonstrate an increased capacity for depression, increased object-relatedness and disidentification from a symbiotically related female introject as the aim and partial gain of the therapy. The transference, case management difficulties and the therapeutic process of what has occurred as well as what is likely to, are considered. The unexpected outcome, in that the patient has ceased to fetishistically cross-dress, given the short space of therapeutic time is discussed. It is concluded that this be viewed tentatively. Finally, some thoughts are raised as to the utility of the psychoanalytic approach as against the general psychiatric-diagnostic approach.
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Mabbott, Lucy. "Therapeutic interpretations of psychodynamic ideas : a social constructionist grounded theory." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2012. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/therapeutic-interpretations-of-psychodynamic-ideas(3e5cbe91-6a88-401b-890f-0c6c97c7bcb0).html.
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The focus of this study is on how counselling psychologists and other therapists interpret psychodynamic ideas. There is a dearth of qualitative work addressing this issue, particularly from the practitioner perspective. This study adopted a social constructionist version of Grounded Theory. Twelve volunteer therapist participants were interviewed (six counselling psychologists and six therapists accredited by the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)). Therapists had a wide range of experience but all had at least one year of training in psychodynamic theory. The analysis produced a grounded theory that suggests a tension between realist and social constructionist epistemological stances to psychodynamic theories. An unquestioning use of psychodynamic ideas persisted whereby these theories remained uncontested and were spoken about as if they were indicative of reality. This alternated with a reflective use of psychodynamic ideas where a theory was seen as one explanation among many. A tension was apparent as therapists spoke from these epistemologically opposed stances. This tension was expressed through the demonstration of being drawn to use psychodynamic ideas unquestioningly as they seem to abate anxiety and provide a sense of professionalism and expertise. The benefits of thinking objectively about psychodynamic ideas draw therapists into speaking of them in this way, even when this approach was not in line with the their epistemological stance at other points in time. The tension seems to result from societal demands and contextual pressures as well as the inter-relational discourse with the researcher. It is suggested that practitioners in the field of counselling psychology as well as by practitioners accredited with the UKCP and BACP experience this phenomenon. Length of experience in practice did not play a significant factor in how therapists conceptualise psychodynamic ideas. A discussion of the implication of these findings and the potential for future research is also explored.
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Mnguni, Peliwe Pelisa. "Mutuality, reciprocity and mature relatedness a psychodynamic perspective on sustainability /." Swinburne Research Bank, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/22485.
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Thesis (PhD) - Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology - 2008.Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-236).
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Egberg, Thyme Karin. "What do you see? : studies on time-limited psychodynamic art psychotherapy." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Onkologi, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1684.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to explore experiences of two different psychological interventions based on art psychotherapy in women with a psychological or physical illness. The two interventions are art psychotherapy and art therapy. The difference between these two interventions is that the art therapist works with the transference in art psychotherapy but not in art therapy. The thesis consists of two studies of art psychotherapy: An art psychotherapy intervention is evaluated in Study 1 (papers III and V) which examines a group of patients diagnosed with depression and Study 2 (paper II) which examines experiences in a group of six patients diagnosed with vulva vestibulitis. An art therapy intervention is evaluated in the third study (papers I and IV); where experiences in patients diagnosed with breast cancer are examined. In Study 1, forty-three (n=43) depressed women were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group (verbal psychotherapy). The aim was to examine the outcome of time limited psychodynamic art therapy compared to time-limited psychodynamic verbal therapy for patients with depressive symptoms. Interviews were performed before, immediately after, and three months after the termination of psychotherapy, and self-rating scales which focus on stress reactions, depression and symptoms as well as an observer rating scale on depression were used. The interviews and the art sessions were video-recorded, and the verbal psychotherapy was tape-recorded. The results showed that the art and verbal psychotherapies were comparable. The conclusion was that short-term psychodynamic art psychotherapy could be a valuable treatment for depressed women. In an in-depth content analysis, the method of scribbling was further investigated and exemplified with the therapies of two participants. In this study, the patients’ pictures and verbal expressions of progress, along with considerations of how to interpret the pictures were in focus. When leaving therapy the two patients took advantage of the paper, made complete forms, symbolised in words what they have expressed in pictures; in pace with psychotherapy the themes alter towards separation, individuation, and attempt to relate in a new way. The conclusion was that limelimited psychodynamic art therapy suggests giving a safer place for the self as the cohesion is firmer with better boundaries. Study 2 is a pilot study, which involved six young patients newly diagnosed with vulva vestibulitis. The aim of the study was to investigate pain at vestibulum, mental health, and self-image after fifteen sessions of art psychotherapy. Five of the patients were judged to have less pain three months after termination of therapy. The conclusion was that art psychotherapy with its openness seemed to affect young women in their experiences of vulva vestibulitis in a positive direction. Study 3 examined the potential benefit of art therapy for women with primary breast cancer. The sample comprised forty-one (n=41) patients who were randomly assigned either to an art therapy group or to a control group. The art therapy was going on during five weeks radiation treatment, one session per week. The aim was to investigate the outcome of art therapy, to quantify and compare the participant coping s, self-image, and the symptoms with the participant in the control group. Interviews were performed before, immediately after, and six month after inclusion. A set of self-rating scales was used: Coping Resources Inventory, the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior, and Symptom Check List – 90. The result showed that the patients in the art therapy group rated their coping s and especially their social s, higher than the control group, and that the average patients in the art therapy group improved in depressive symptoms and symptoms of anxiety, and that the general psychiatric symptoms improved as well. A linear regression analysis showed a tendency that the coping s increased in the art therapy group and decreased in the control group or even stagnated in the social domain. A second report on self-image, symptoms, treatment, and social variables showed that art therapy was related to lower ratings of depression, anxiety, and general symptoms after treatment; chemotherapeutic treatment predicted lower depressive symptoms and general symptoms in contrast to axilliary surgery and hormonal treatment. The results showed that art therapy could be valuable complementary therapy in routine oncology practise. The conclusion is that art therapy can have a positive long-term effect on the crisis following the primary breast cancer and its consequences. Conclusion: The results show that time-limited psychodynamic art psychotherapy is valuable for depressed women; that it is a valuable complement for women with vulva vestibulitis; and that art therapy is a valuable complement in the care and cure of women with primary breast cancer.
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Widgery, Camilla. "Working with parents and carers within psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/502.
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This dissertation uses a modified systematic literature review to look at working with parents and carers within child and adolescent psychotherapy, and to consider this tasks relationship to therapeutic outcomes for children and adolescents. The topic is important because psychotherapy with children and adolescents inevitably involves additional relationships. The literature indicates the way this undertaking has been regarded has varied through the history of psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy. Numerous writers reflect on the ongoing neglect and absence of systematic thinking in relation to the task of work with parents and carers. This lack of attention is understood to have been influenced by the traditional model of child and adolescent psychotherapy where the source of the child or adolescent’s distress or difficulty was regarded as being primarily intrapsychic. What is now known regarding the current and active nature of the child or adolescent’s relationship with the parent or carer, and the power and persistence of the parent-child bond has resulted in an acknowledgement of the need for a more equitable balance of focus between internal and external factors. In acknowledging that the external can no longer be seen as peripheral there are compelling clinical reasons to work with parents and carers. This undertaking should not be seen as dependant on the therapist’s orientation or interest. The significant scope of possibilities for work with parents and carers within child and adolescent psychotherapy is explored; however there is a lack of data relating to the clinical effectiveness of these approaches. The future need is for systematic thinking, and the development of practice guidelines for this clinical task.
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Hughes, Rebecca. "Positive and negative therapist interventions and outcome in psychodynamic interpersonal therapy." Thesis, Bangor University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327461.
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Calvert, Harriet Birgitta. "Analysis of argumentations and defences employed in short term psychodynamic therapy." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2002. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2878/.
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This thesis maps out the role of and the presentation of mechanisms occurring in an interaction, in this instance in a therapy relationship. The concept of psychoanalytic defences and other related mechanisms served as the bases for identifying these in the therapy process. In other words, defences are studied as an event in a relationship. This means that the mechanisms are identified by looking at both the therapists' contributions and the patients' responses in this context. The study is based on audio taped psychotherapy sessions. Seven patients were used as subjects. All seven were undergoing brief psychotherapy. Three subjects were undergoing cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) and four subjects were undergoing brief psychoanalytic therapy. All available sessions were transcribed. The transcripts of selected sessions have been used for an in- depth analysis. The methodology for the in-depth analysis was adapted from methodology developed for decision-making analysis. The defensive mechanisms and manoeuvres used by the patients have been identified by the analysis, as well as the therapist's various inputs have been described as they occur in the process. The nature of the identified mechanisms are described as they take place. The effects of the defensive mechanisms have been discussed in terms of the patients' difficulties and in terms of the impact these mechanisms are having on the ongoing therapy relationship. Finally the findings are discussed in the light of their correspondence to the existing psychoanalytic literature.
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Mackay, Jodie L. "A psychodynamic understanding of trauma and adolescence : a case study exploration." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14403.
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Bibliography: leaves 66-76.This dissertation explores the unique ways in which trauma affects adolescents as opposed to children and/or adults. This is an area of research that has not received sufficient attention. The various approaches in defining the concept of trauma are outlined. Developmental challenges and difficulties regarding the period of adolescence are discussed. Emphasis is placed on particular vulnerabilities evoked during adolescence and the importance of looking at a case in its developmental and environmental context. The impact of the environment, which forms the backdrop to the study, is addressed with reference to the South African context. It is observed how trauma and underlying conflicts augment stress already present in adolescence and complicate successful resolution of developmental tasks, such as autonomy in late adolescence. The research takes the form of a case study of an adolescent girl, who experienced a traumatic assault when she was already struggling with the demands of an unplanned pregnancy. The study illustrates the manifestations in late adolescence of the adverse effects of violence-induced trauma as well as the impact of secondary trauma on the family. The adolescent was seen in the context of exploratory family therapy, which was conducted weekly for 8 months. This offered an opportunity to gain insight into the ways she presented symptoms of trauma to other family members. In this respect a psychodynamic approach is shown as a useful way to explore the emotional features after trauma, such as loss, guilt and difficulties with trust, intimacy and safety. This approach highlights the subjective experience of unexpected violence-induced trauma that overwhelms the ego and produces a state of helplessness. Psychodynamic phenomena, such as regression, defenses and the inner world of the adolescent are discussed in relation to trauma and provides the context in which the meaning of trauma can be understood.
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Hays, Johanna T. "Healing trauma in the psyche-soma| Somatic experiencing(RTM) in psychodynamic psychotherapy." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3611759.
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Addressing the aftermath of trauma is among the most important contributions of psychology. As the numbers of individuals experiencing posttraumatic symptom sequelae continues to increase, it becomes imperative to research and explore a wider range of trauma treatment approaches in order to provide more individualized care. The goal of this study was to gain insights into the body-based approach of Somatic Experiencing®, a short-term naturalistic approach developed by Peter Levine (2007), through experiences of practitioners. The participants practice the Somatic Experiencing® in integration with psychodynamic psychotherapy. Based on a phenomenological case study approach, 4 licensed psychologists and Somatic Experiencing® practitioners were interviewed in order to learn more about how their integration of the 2 approaches impacts their clinical approach to working with trauma symptoms. Among the key themes that emerged from the analysis was the significance of integration in positive outcomes for individuals experiencing posttraumatic reactions by reducing or resolving their symptoms through a novel approach. The implications of this study for the field of clinical psychology are in further elucidation of the integration and its distinct contributions to treatment of trauma. Keywords: treatment of trauma; somatic psychotherapy; psychodynamic psychotherapy; posttraumatic stress disorder
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Madill, Anna Louise. "Developing a discourse analytic approach to change processes in psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1996. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10245/.
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This thesis develops a discourse analytic approach to change processes in psychotherapy and addresses the question: 'how does change occur in psychodynamicinterpersonal psychotherapy? '. An extended rationale for utilising discourse analysis (Potter & Wetherell, 1987) is provided by way of a detailed deconstruction of an alternative stage model approach as represented by the assimilation of problematic experiences scale (Stiles, Elliott, Llewelyn, Firth-Cozens, Margison, Shapiro, & Hardy, 1990). Discursive analysis is then applied to the study of three cases of psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy selected from the Second Sheffield Psychotherapy Project (Shapiro, Barkham, Hardy, & Morrison, 1990). Cases were selected on the criterion of client Beck Depression Inventory scores; two successful cases and one unsuccessful case of therapy. Analysis focuses on a resolved client-specified problematic theme from each of the successful cases, and on an unresolved theme from the unsuccessful case. Findings suggest that the pattern of change promoted by psychodynamicinterpersonal psychotherapy is (1) the identification of a problem internal to the client, and (2) accomplishing an account of this problem implicating an external attribution of blame. Further research is required to assess the generalisability of this, pattern and whether clients co-operating with such accounts are more likely to be helped by this form of therapy than those who do not. Specific rhetorical strategies utilised in negotiating and legitimating such accounts are identified and linked to the protocol of psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy and the three stages of problem (re)formulation established by Davis (1984,1986). Findings are discussed in relation the connection between therapy processes and the moral sphere, particularly in relation to the negotiation of rights and obligations, responsibility and blame. Moreover, discursive psychology is offered as a means of facilitating the development of research on depression and attribution. Conceptualising accounts as occasioned versions of the world, rather than as verifiable descriptions of states of affair, speculation is made regarding the therapeutic utility of matching clients' preferred problem accounts with the preferred accounts implicit in therapeutic rationales.
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Tuschman, Avi Samuel. "The rainbow serpent and incest in international folklore : an evolutionary psychodynamic approach /." May be available electronically:, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Anderson, Maggie. "The importance of ambivalence : caring for people with learning disabilities who engage in self injurious behaviour." Thesis, Open University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336977.
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Goddard-Walsh, Angela. "An exploration of clinical psychologists’ experiences of informed consent in psychodynamic therapy." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431396.
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Malik, Rajesh. "Effects on stimulating unconscious fantasies of oneness using the subliminal psychodynamic activation method." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25918.pdf.
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Peschken, Wiebke E. "Interpersonal process, therapists' supportive and interpretive interventions, and intrapsychic change in psychodynamic psychotherapy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0008/NQ41621.pdf.
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Weille, Katharine-Lee Harrison. "Consensual sadomasochistic dominant-submissive sexual games : a psychodynamic exploration using interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419776.
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Silva, Carla Dornelles da. "Evaluation of school management and educational quality from the institutional approaches and psychodynamic." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15906.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorThe purpose of the study is to evaluate how to set up school management of Salesian Educational System, gauged by evaluating institutional procedures and psychodynamic. It is, therefore, a descriptive field in qualitative and quantitative approach through a case study. Through a questionnaire and two sociometric tests, 105 employees participated in the study, being 16.19% and 69.5 faculty administrators. For the qualitative analysis, we used content analysis and for the reliability calculations and extraction of factors in addition to descriptive analysis, were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Based on the analysis fatoral the items, you realize that the Salesian System has several positive aspects, however, still needs to develop strategies for improvement, especially in relation 1) to support the management of educational activities, 2) the transparency of management and institutional assessment and 3) to maintain the quality of education. Regarding institutional assessment, the institution may develop in relation to two factors that are concerning to i) meet the objectives of the school management and ii) support for teacher training and staff. In sociometric tests, we realized that the management group has 1) difficulties of dealing with negatives and 2) difficulties of dealing with the authority of the hierarchy. We consider the study by contributing to the improvement of the planning and actions of the group manager with the actions pedagogical and evaluative institutional as well as leverage in other institutions Basic Education reflection of the need to evaluate in order to make decisions.
O objetivo do estudo à avaliar como se configura a gestÃo escolar da Rede Salesiana de ensino, aferida mediante a avaliaÃÃo institucional e dos procedimentos psicodinÃmicos. Trata-se, por conseguinte, de uma pesquisa descritiva, bibliogrÃfica, documental, em campo, com abordagens quantitativa e qualitativa consubstanciando um estudo de caso. Por meio de um questionÃrio e de dois testes sociomÃtricos, participaram do estudo 105 funcionÃrios, sendo 16,19% gestores e 69,5 docentes. Para a anÃlise qualitativa, utilizou a anÃlise de conteÃdo e em relaÃÃo à anÃlise quantitativa, aos cÃlculos de confiabilidade e extraÃÃo de fatores, alÃm da anÃlise descritiva, os dados foram analisados atravÃs do SPSS versÃo 20.0; e, com base na anÃlise fatorial dos itens, percebe-se que a Rede Salesiana tem vÃrios aspectos positivos. Entretanto, necessita desenvolver estratÃgias de melhoria, principalmente, nos que se refere aos seguintes pontos: 1) ao apoio da gestÃo as aÃÃes educativas, 2) a transparÃncia da gestÃo e da avaliaÃÃo institucional e 3) a manter a qualidade da educaÃÃo. No que refere-se à avaliaÃÃo institucional, a instituiÃÃo pode se desenvolver em relaÃÃo aos dois fatores que estÃo relacionadas a i) atender aos objetivos da gestÃo escolar e ii) ao apoio a formaÃÃo docente e de funcionÃrios. Nos testes sociomÃtricos, percebe-se que o grupo gestor tem 1) dificuldades de lidar com pontos negativos e 2) dificuldades de lidar com a autoridade de hierarquia. Considera-se que o estudo contribui para o aprimoramento do planejamento e aÃÃes do grupo gestor junto Ãs aÃÃes pedagÃgicas e avaliativas institucionais, bem como potencializar em outras instituiÃÃes de EducaÃÃo BÃsica da Rede Salesiana de Ensino a reflexÃo da necessidade avaliar-se a fim de tomar decisÃes.
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Blow, Tracy Jacqueline. "The constellation of the archetypal feminine : a psychic process essential to psychodynamic psychotherapy." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13464.
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Bibliography: leaf 59-60.The aim of this study is to explore and demonstrate the necessity for a psychodynamic psychotherapy which embodies and thus evokes the qualities of the Archetypal Feminine. C.G. Jung's concept of the coniunctio, or union of psychic opposites, forms the central theoretical premise on which the study is based. It is with the constellation of the coniunctio that psychic tranformation is achieved. The re-evocation and hence constellation of the archetypal feminine is viewed here as essential for the attainment of psychic integration, in view of the denigration and splitting off of psychic feminine aspects so evident in the histories of most cultures. The role of the feminine in personality development is described by way of an analysis of the archetype of the Feminine, and a documentation of early infant object relations as posited by such Analytical Psychotherapists as Michael Fordham and Mara Sidoli. These early infantile experiences can potentially be re-evoked in the therapeutic transference, particularly when a regressed psychic state is facilitated. This is well documented by analytical psychotherapists, and it is posited here that in order for this process to occur, a therapeutic approach which reveres and hence evokes the Feminine in all her manifestations is critical. This theoretical proposition is examined by way of an analysis of a series of dreams. The dreams were recorded by the dreamer while in a psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy. The dreams occurred over a seven month period, and were presented in written form to the researcher with accompanying associations. Without gaining any further insights from the dreamer, the researcher analysed the dream series by utilising the associations provided, and amplifying archetypal material. In this way, the need for a therapeutic approach which facilitates the spontaneous emergence of feminine symbolism is demonstrated, and hence the gradual constellation of the coniunctio is shown. The implications for psychotherapy which emerge from this analysis involve the need for an approach to psychic healing which allows for the facilitation of the constellation of the archetypal feminine. Such an approach would provide a sense of secure therapeutic boundaries which would evoke the qualities of the containing vessel. Within this holding environment, a state of regression would occur in which the patient could re-experience infantile levels of relating, levels at which original damage occurred. With an awareness of the dynamics of such early relating, and the potential for their re-evocation,the therapist would facilitate healing and psychic transformation. Myth and fairytale would provide a rich source of reference for the interpretation of dream symbols, and for understanding the myth being lived out by each patient.
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McBlain, Anne-Marie. "The application of psychodynamic theory to a peer supervision group for head teachers." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522392.
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Beach, Keith. "Transference : an empirical investigation across a range of cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic therapies." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22555.
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Transference and the focus of therapists' interventions were empirically investigated across a range of cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic therapies. A conceptual analysis of transference definitions identified eight key components which were then utilised to construct an instrument for coding patient and therapist statements. The instrument showed good reliability in a pilot study which coded 40 verbatim transcriptions of therapy sessions drawn equally from each of two cognitive-behavioural therapies (cognitive-behaviour and cognitive) and two psychodynamic therapies (conversational and focal psychodynamic). The main study coded 88 therapy sessions drawn from six psychological therapies: the four therapies investigated in the pilot study and a further cognitive-behavioural therapy (behaviour) and a further psychodynamic therapy (psychoanalysis). It also investigated more broadly the focus of therapists'' in-session interventions, and patients' negative commentary about therapists and therapy and therapists' response to it. The results showed that transference references were not unique to psychodynamci therapies but occurred in cognitive-behavioural therapies too. However the frequency of these references were significantly lower in cognitive-behavioural therapies, and the structure and process of psychodynamci therapies were considered to encourage, as they are designed to, the expression and exploration of transference. Therapists in psychodynamic therapies made more references to transference components and more statements linking these components together. They also responded more fully to patients' references about the therapists and explored the patient-therapist relationship more. By contrast, patients' explicit references to current feelings and thoughts about the therapists were little addressed by cognitive-behavioural therapists. Furthermore, negative feelings about the therapy and the therapist were responded to restrictively whereas in psychodynamic therapies their exploration was facilitated.
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Marozsan, Isabel T. "Psychodynamic psychotherapists' lived experience of working with patients with borderline personality disorder : an interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2012. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/psychodynamic-psychotherapists’-lived-experience-of-working-with-patients-with-borderline-personality-disorder(95737ecc-1d8a-49ba-b2c7-09d574d51bc9).html.
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This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of psychotherapists’ lived experience of working with borderline personality (BPD) disorder in psychodynamic psychotherapy, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The existing research literature suggests that working with borderline patients is very difficult, as they can evoke negative counter transference experiences in therapists and thus make the working alliance difficult to maintain. The stigmatising and negative attitude towards BPD, which is found amongst mental health professionals, can cause many therapists to avoid working with this patient population, leaving many patients without the necessary help for treatment. Some literature also suggests that psychodynamic therapy may not be helpful for the treatment of BPD in its traditional form, because of the neutrality of the model and borderline patients’ ‘reduced capacity to mentalise’. Instead, empathy and the therapeutic relationship have been reported to be significant factors. This qualitative study aimed to provide a rich and detailed examination of the experiences, which psychodynamic psychotherapists and counselling psychologists might have in their work with BPD patients. Five psychodynamic psychotherapists were interviewed twice in one unstructured and one semi-structured interview, and IPA was used to analyse the data. The five master-themes (Negative countertransference feelings; “Sitting in the dark together”; Hindrance in therapeutic work; Therapist omnipotence; Labelling as problematic) found in this study suggested that borderline patients could benefit from a modified version of psychodynamic 1 Note that the ‘psychodynamic’ and ‘psychoanalytic’ terms will be interchangeably used in this study. 2 The researcher, as a trainee-counselling psychologist, is in favour of using the word ‘client’. However, psychodynamic practitioners talk about their ‘patients’ rather than ‘clients’, and as this study focuses on psychodynamic therapists’ experiences, the researcher will use these two terms interchangeably. Thus, the word ‘patient’ here is applied in the psychodynamic and not in the medical sense. 9 psychotherapy with a focus on empathy and a bond between therapist and patient. Furthermore, the therapists’ awareness of negative countertransference feelings and emergent obstacles in the therapeutic work, as well as their understanding of BPD as a label and its effects on their borderline patients were crucial. Finally, the therapists’ experienced ‘omnipotent’ feelings, which may have emerged in response to their negative countertransference feelings. While these findings support many of the previous publications and accounts reported in the literature, they also shed new light on therapists’ experiences, which might have implications for the approach that psychotherapists and counselling psychologists take towards working with borderline individuals within the psychodynamic modality.
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Bourne, Margaret, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. "Trusting the artwork." THESIS_CSHS_ASH_Bourne_M.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/682.
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The purpose of this research was to inquire into the subjective experience of participants of psychodynamic group art therapy.This investigation was designed to record participants' responses and understanding of their art-making and their artwork in therapy. The qualitative methodology of phenomenography was chosen to record the art-making process. The sample included three women from a women's centre and six university students. A single interview was conducted with each of the nine participants and included their artwork from the group art therapy. Group art therapy committed to a participant's personal development was effective in contributing to a resolution of personal conflicts, whereas group art therapy committed to professional development was effective in stimulating group dynamics, but the participants were guarded when discussing the personal content of their artwork.Master of Arts (Hons) (Art Therapy)
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Alblas, Lourence Badenhorst. "The organisational diagnoses of a distribution organisation / Lourence Badenhorst Alblas." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/171.
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King, Rachael. "An exploration of the use of projective techniques by educational psychologists in the UK." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-exploration-of-the-use-of-projective-techniques-by-educational-psychologists-in-the-uk(34ff265c-9340-4e6d-a096-5789958251d1).html.
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As applied psychologists, educational psychologists are often involved when situations surrounding a child are complex (Lane and Corrie, 2006) and much of an EP's work is problem-centred (BPS, 2002). To make EPs effective in their role they need to be able to apply a range of theories and frameworks, specific to the clients involved, with projective techniques being part of a 'professional tool kit', which EPs can use when they feel appropriate in an open minded and child focused way. PTs have their roots in psychodynamic theory, with a belief that ambiguous stimuli will allow meaning to be given from the internal processes of the unconscious and enable these unconscious processes to be observed (Levin-Rozalis, 2006). The current research aims to address the use of PTs in relation to educational psychology practice in the UK, and looks at the challenges to EPs who are using PTs, the reported benefits and an exploration of why some EPs may not be open to the use of such techniques. Eight practising EPs participated in semi-structured interviews, two from a specialist sample who used PTs and six from a broader sample. Thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used to identify key themes pertaining to the potential contribution, and the facilitators and barriers of using PTs and a psychodynamic framework for EPs based in the UK, aiming to add to the minimal academic research base and to encourage acceptance, usage and future training.
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Lister, Mary. "A study of the working interface between two different therapy and counselling modalities in a low-cost service." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28259.
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This is the account of a qualitative study of practitioners in a low-cost counselling and psychotherapy scheme in a rural town. The practitioners within the organisation have been trained in two major modalities, psychodynamic and humanistic. The aim of the research is to look at how the three key psychoanalytic concepts: therapeutic alliance; transference and containment are understood and employed by these practitioners with the aim of demonstrating the differences, similarities and meeting points between the modalities. A total of twenty-eight participants met in six focus groups. These participants were already members of existing groups within the structure of the organisation i.e. the trustees, the management group and four mentor groups. The researcher was the Clinical Director of the service at the time of the study. She was the moderator in each group and an independent observer was present in each group. The discussions were recorded and transcribed and a thematic analysis was then undertaken. The psychoanalytic concepts were adopted as top down themes each with six associated sub-themes. Three further major themes were identified namely: the power dynamics in the therapy relationship; reference to theory: barrier or bridge to communication, and the therapy relationship. The thematic analysis revealed where the statements from the participants in the two modalities agreed, differed and/or demonstrated meeting points. The study includes a reflexivity section focussing on the dynamics of the researcher as the director of the organisation throughout the process, the contributions of the observer in the focus groups and the reflections of the participants about their experience in the focus groups. In addition, how the participants differed and what impact the research has had on the service was thought about in the context of the possible unconscious processes present in this work setting. It was found that there were key differences in the way practitioners from each modality approached the psychoanalytic concepts, but there were also differences between practitioners of the same modality. The differences about theoretical language and experts were substantial. Overall, the participants were able to discuss the subjects and exchange differing viewpoints with enthusiasm and curiosity. These findings are not generalizable to all psychotherapy services, but are likely to be relevant and transferable to those services, both voluntary and otherwise, that employ practitioners from different modalities. A conclusion was that it is not advisable to try and impose one way of working from one theoretical background onto another. This conclusion has implications for the service when providing training events, when matching practitioners with supervisors and when training mentors to lead and facilitate groups of practitioners from differing modalities. The study also offers contributions to the therapy world at large towards the contemporary thinking about the three psychoanalytic concepts, the timing of integrating therapy approaches, the value of mixed modality discussion groups, the obstacles to understanding that theoretical language can cause and the importance of the observation of the unconscious processes in such settings.
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Kuuse, Anna-Karin. "Kroppen i analytisk musikterapi : en studie av begreppet "Psychodynamic Movement in Analytical Music Therapy"." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-1354.
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Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva och diskutera ”Psychodynamic Movement in Analytical Music Therapy”, en metod inom analytiskt orienterad musikterapi där kropp och rörelse används som terapeutiska redskap, för att stimulera till ökad kunskap om psykodynamiskt rörelsearbete i musikterapi. Metoden ”Psychodynamic Movement in Analytical Music Therapy”, har kroppen som medium för rörelseimprovisation och kroppsuppfattning i musikterapi. Användandet av kroppen i rörelse anses stimulera till ökad kontakt med inre rörelse såsom sinnesförnimmelser, känslor och blockerad psykisk energi, som i sin tur anses underlätta uttryck och erfarenhet av dessa inre processer. I uppsatsen jämförs metodens innehåll även med andra kroppsinriktade tekniker inom psykodynamiskt orienterad terapi. Utifrån ett utvecklingspsykologiskt perspektiv diskuteras avslutningsvis argument för och emot användandet av psykodynamisk rörelse i musikterapi.
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Pehl, Julie Ann. "An exploration of the therapist's experience of psychodynamic psychotherapy with people with learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2007. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3623/.
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This thesis explores the field of psychotherapy with clients with learning disabilities. The work is organised into three sections: Part One: Literature Review. The review examines the available literature on psychotherapeutic contact with people with learning disabilities. The emphasis is on exploring the attitude of the profession towards such clients and charts the move from exclusion to partial inclusion. The review then explores in greater depth, the experience of providing therapy to this client group. The review notes the paucity of information on the topic and concludes that access to services has been affected by the stigmatised identity of the group. The spoiled identity associated with learning disabilities appears to be a central focus in the client-therapist relationship. Part Two: Research Report. This section describes a qualitative study exploring therapists' experience of providing therapy to this client group. Personal accounts were elicited from eleven therapists using a semi structured interview. Data were analysed using the principles ofInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Super ordinate themes emerged, relating to the similarities and differences with other client groups, and the experience of working with stigmatised clients. Themes were identified and theoretical links made with prior case descriptions. Part Three: Critical Appraisal. This section gives a detailed critique of the study's methodology, and explores limitations, clinical implications and directions for future research. A personal account the research process is given, including learning outcomes.
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Lazarus, Jana. "Small meetings : the application of psychodynamic thought in community work with South African children." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53591.
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On t.p.: Degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology)Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Community psychology in South Africa has been defined in antithesis to more traditional psychotherapies such as psychoanalysis. It has been necessary, in the formative stage of community psychology, to be clear about what it is not, in terms of establishing a progressive psychology that meets an urgent need. So too, psychoanalysis started out needing to be very clear about how it differed from previous practices, and what its aims were. Over the last hundred years psychoanalytic thought has, however, undergone tremendous development. Perhaps it could be said that its transmutation into a South African psychology is still underway. Community psychology has been critiqued for its lack of theory, and few extended analyses of community psychology interventions exist. By contrast, psychoanalysis offers detailed theoretical accounts and case studies. It is proposed that both paradigms could benefit from an exchange of ideas. There is a common misperception that community psychology focuses on external problems, while psychodynamic therapy focuses solely on the intrapsychic. While this is not wholly true, it could be said that children are conceptualised very differently by these two perspectives, and that this has had implications for treatment. Recently, however, several South African practitioners have begun to introduce psychodynamic thought into community interventions in enriching ways. They are beginning to conclude that community psychology has necessarily been unable to utilise a depth psychology approach, for a variety of legitimate reasons, but that this is the next step in meeting the huge challenges of community work. This study provides a discussion of the contributions of psychoanalysis to an understanding of child development, as well as an examination of the ways in which community psychology has conceptualised and worked with children. Empirical examples of the treatment of South African children will be followed by a case study in which psychodynamic thought was combined with a community-style intervention. The authors conclude that the link between internal and external worlds is a complex one, especially in work with children. The internal and external seem, in effect, to be indivisible, and any intervention hoping to be effective splits these two worlds to its own detriment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gemeenskapsielkunde in Suid-Afrika word dikwels gedefineer in teenstelling met meer tradisionele benaderings soos die psigoanalise. In die vormingsjare van gemeenskapsielkunde was dit noodsaaklik om dit helder te definieer. Hierdie noodsaak het ontstaan weens die ontwikkeling van 'n vooruitgaande sielkunde wat 'n dringende behoefte nakom. Op 'n soortgelyke manier moes psigoanalise in die onstaansjare ook presies wees oor hoe dit verskil van vorige benaderings en oor sy doelwitte. Oor die afgelope honderd jaar het psigoanalitiese denke egter geweldig ontwikkel. Daar sou beweer kon word dat die posisie in 'n Suid-Afrikaanse sielkunde nog steeds onderweg is. Gemeenskapsielkunde is al gekritiseer oor sy gebrek aan teorie en daar bestaan min uitgebreide teoretiese verslae oor gemeenskapsintervensies. In teenstelling hiermee bied psigoanalise breedvoerige berigte en gevallestudies aan. Dit word voorgestel dat beide benaderings sou kon baat vind by die gemeenskaplike toepassing van idees. Daar bestaan 'n algemene wanopvatting dat gemeenskapsielkunde op eksterne probleme fokus, terwyl psigodinamiese terapie uitsluitend op die interne ingesteld is. Terwyl dit nie heeltemal waar is nie, sou daar ook aangevoer kon word dat kinders baie verskillend gekonsepsualiseer word binne hierdie twee perspektiewe. Dit hou implikasies vir behandeling in. Onlangs het verskeie Suid- Afrikaanse praktisyne egter psigodinamiese denke verrykend begin aanwend in gemeenskapsintervensies. Daar is tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat gemeenskapswerk in die verlede noodgedwonge nie 'n psigodinamiese benadering kon benut nie weens 'n verskeidenheid van voor-die-hand-liggende redes. Die enorme uitdagings van gemeenskapswerk word in die vooruitsig gestel. Hierdie artikel verskaf 'n bespreking van psigoanalise se bydrae tot 'n begrip van kinderontwikkeling, asook 'n ondersoek na die wyse waarop gemeenskapsielkunde oor kinders dink en met hulle werk. Voorbeelde van die behandeling van Suid-Afrikaanse kinders word gevolg deur 'n gevallestudie, waarin psigodinamiese denke gebruik word in 'n gemeenskapsintervensie. Daar word aangevoer dat die skakeling tussen interne en eksterne wêrelde 'n komplekse een is veral in werk met kinders. Die interne en die eksterne blyk om in effek onskeibaar te wees en enige intervensie wat hoop om effektief te wees, verdeel hierdie twee wêrelde tot sy nadeel.
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Long, Carol. ""The baby will grow" : a poststructuralist and psychodynamic analysis of a community psychology intervention." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12606.
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Progressive South African psychologists have recognised the need for community approaches in South Africa which maximise access to psychological intervention and which value politically aware psychological practice. Few extended analyses of such interventions exist in the literature, and community psychology has been critiqued for its lack of theory. This study aims to provide an extended analysis of a community intervention conducted with a group of Primary Health Care Workers. The intervention was motivated by their request for psychological skills in order to enable them to work more effectively with their clients. Interactive workshop sessions were thus conducted by two facilitators (including the author) under supervision over a period of one year. The aim of such workshops was to instil a psychological way of thinking. This consequently implied an emphasis on the emotional world of Primary Health Care Workers. This study provides a post-structuralist and psychoanalytic analysis of the process of intervention in order to offer potential suggestions for future community work and to explore how the interface between psychoanalysis and post-structuralism may offer possibilities for more theoretically grounded community work. Particular emphasis is placed on power relations, discourse and language, and psychoanalytic understandings of relationship in order to explore the intervention as well as the implications of articulation of post-structuralism and psychoanalysis in community work. It is suggested that psychoanalysis is best utilised in community settings when it explicitly recognises socio-political influences and includes these in the object-worlds of ourselves and our clients, and when recognition of power and difference are foregrounded. A further aim involved subjecting a Foucaultian discourse analytic method (e.g. Hollway, 1989) to a practical intervention in which there are multiple texts and in which the clinician becomes the discourse analyst. Whilst this method is no doubt controversial, it offers the potential to extend the use of post-structuralist methodology to the analysis of practical therapeutic encounters beyond the typical methods of analysing written or transcribed texts. Implications of this analysis thus hold bearing on future intervention as well as on future methods of researching psychological practice.
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Luca, M. "Working With the Phenomenon of Somatisation : Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Therapists Conceptualisations and Clinical Practice." Thesis, University of Kent, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499653.
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Hoyer, Jürgen, Jens Fecht, Wolfgang Lauterbach, and Ralf Schneider. "Changes in Conflict, Symptoms, and Well-Being during Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral Alcohol Inpatient Treatment." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-133719.
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Background: According to Grawe’s psychological therapy approach, conflict reduction can be expected not only in psychodynamic, but also in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This was tested in an effectiveness study. Changes in cognitive conflicts, along with those of symptom severity and well-being were analyzed during alcohol inpatient treatment. Methods: Four times during treatment, groups of patients receiving psychodynamic therapy (n = 45 patients) or CBT (n = 49 patients) were measured and compared. Lauterbach’s Online Conflict Test was used to measure conflict. Symptom severity and well-being were measured using questionnaires. Results: Results showed significant conflict decrease in both groups with a tendency towards faster reduction under CBT. There was also significant change in symptom severity and well-being in both groups with no difference regarding reduction gradient. Moreover, patients in the psychodynamic treatment group exhibited lower symptom scores at treatment begin which may be a consequence of clinical group assignment. Conclusions: In general, the findings confirmed Grawe’s theoretical assumptions. Generalizability to other diagnostic groups and other clinical settings remains to be testedDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich
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Fletcher, Amira. "A psychodynamic investigation of a premature baby unit : the implementation of an action research strategy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336341.
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Druiff, Philippa. "Psychodynamic therapy with low-income women : the 'talking cure' as a desirable and alternative intervention." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52420.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study reviews the literature regarding psychodynamic therapy with low-income women. Low-income women are at psychological risk for developing emotional distress as a result of their deprived living circumstances. They have, however, received little attention from psychological research and practice. This literature review explores what psychological interventions are available for low-income women. It is found that psychodynamic therapy is largely unavailable to low-income women for a variety of reasons, which range from classism, sexism and ignorance to the cogent feminist and cross cultural critiques. It is argued that psychodynamic therapy should be more available to low-income women as it provides a sophisticated understanding of how oppressive social ideologies are internalized in the unconscious, thus facilitating, through therapy, a process of deconstruction and political subversion. Suggestions are also offered as to how to make psychodynamic therapy more accessible to low-income women.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie bied 'n oorsig van die beskikbare literatuur aangaande psigodinamiese terapie vir laer inkomste vrouens. Die groep is tot 'n meerdere mate blootgestel aan die ontwikkeling van emosionele stress trauma weens hul ontneemde lewensomstandighede. Laer inkomste vrouens het tot hede min aandag geniet met betrekking tot psigologiese navorsing en praktyk. Hierdie literatuur oorsig fokus op gepaste psigologiese ingryping wat beskikbaar is vir die spesifieke groep. Die ontoeganklikheid van psigodinamiese terapie beskikbaar, vir laer inkomste vrouens, kan toegeskryf word aan 'n verskeidenheid faktore: die strek van klassisme, seksisme en onkunde tot oortuigende feministiese en kruis kulturele beoordeling en debat. Hierdie verhandeling stel voor dat psigodinamiese terapie meer beskikbar moet wees tot laer inkomste vrouens, want dit stel 'n gesofisikeerde begrip, ten doel van hoe onderdrukkende sosiale ideologie geinternaliseer word in die onderbewussyn en die teenwerking daarvan. Die geskrif beredeneer hoe terapie kan fasiliteer in die proses van de-konstruksie en politieke subversie. Dit word ook voorgestel hoe om psigodinamiese terapie toeganklik to maak vir laer inkomste vrouens.