Change processes of interpersonal functioning in group therapy: Implications for team functioning.

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-265
Author(s):  
Martyn Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Interpersonal Functioning ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Team Functioning

Therapeutic Change in Group Therapy For Interpersonal Trauma: A Relational Framework for Research and Clinical Practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 2897-2916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë Chouliara ◽  
Thanos Karatzias ◽  
Angela Gullone ◽  
Sandra Ferguson ◽  
Katie Cosgrove ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Trauma ◽  
Therapeutic Change ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Versus Content ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Relational Framework

Our understanding of therapeutic change processes in group therapy for complex interpersonal trauma has been limited. The present study aimed at addressing this gap by developing a framework of therapeutic change in this field from a survivor and therapist perspective. This is a qualitative study, which utilized semistructured individual interviews. Transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to identify recurrent themes. A final sample of n = 16 patients and n = 5 facilitators completed the interview. Main change processes identified by survivors were as follows: self versus others, trust versus threat, confrontation versus avoidance, and “patching up” versus true healing. Therapeutic processes identified by therapist facilitators included managing group dynamics, unpredictability and uncertainty, and process versus content. The proposed framework explains therapeutic change in group therapy in relational terms, that is, therapeutic dissonance, the dynamic interaction of self and experience as well as building empathic trusting relations. The importance of managing dissonance to aid personally meaningful recovery was highlighted. These findings have implications for the usefulness of relational and person-centered approaches to clinical practice in the area of interpersonal and complex trauma, especially in the early identification, prevention, and management of dropouts.

Participant Reports of Mindfulness, Posttraumatic Growth, and Social Connectedness in Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 002216782110229
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Agin-Liebes ◽  
Eve Ekman ◽  
Brian Anderson ◽  
Maxx Malloy ◽  
Alexandra Haas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Modes Of Processing

The primary objective of this qualitative study was to explore the therapeutic trajectories of individuals undergoing psilocybin-assisted group therapy. This interpretive phenomenological analysis focused on an enriched study sample of gay-identified cisgender men ( n = 9) with human immunodeficiency virus diagnosed before 1996 and clinically significant trauma symptoms. Microphenomenological interviews were carried out 1 day after participants’ individual psilocybin sessions to elicit fine-grained descriptions of the psilocybin-assisted treatment. Two major thematic change processes were identified using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. During their psilocybin sessions, participants reported transitioning out of habitual, evaluative modes of processing and into mindful, experiential modes of processing (from “autopilot” to “meta-aware”). Freed from their emotionally avoidant tendencies, participants were able to process and release previously disowned feelings (grief, shame) and access relational and self-transcendent feelings and prosocial attitudes (joy, gratitude, love, care, compassion). The treatment also supported processes of meaning-making and the realization of posttraumatic growth (in psychological, relational, spiritual dimensions) as participants integrated past traumas into their life narratives and identities (from “trauma-dominant” to “growth-dominant”). These findings suggest that administering adjunctive group therapy with psilocybin may enhance the effectiveness of trauma processing by reinforcing social cohesion, safety, trust, and belonging. These data provide the first empirical suggestion of psilocybin’s efficacy in alleviating trauma symptoms in a group-facilitated format and provide a deeper understanding of the potential psychological change processes involved in this novel treatment approach.

Creative Problem Solving in Public School Supervision

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Shapiro ◽  
Nelson Moses
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
The Public ◽  
School Supervision ◽  
Team Functioning

This article presents a practical and collegial model of problem solving that is based upon the literature in supervision and cognitive learning theory. The model and the procedures it generates are applied directly to supervisory interactions in the public school environment. Specific principles of supervision and related recommendations for collaborative problem solving are discussed. Implications for public school supervision are addressed in terms of continued professional growth of both supervisees and supervisors, interdisciplinary team functioning, and renewal and retention of public school personnel.

Effects of Physical Training on Stuttering

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Don Franks ◽  
Elizabeth B. Franks
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Cardiovascular Response ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Physical Stress ◽  
Submaximal Exercise ◽  
Endurance Running ◽  
Response To Exercise

Eight college students enrolled in group therapy for stuttering were divided into two equal groups for 20 weeks. The training group supplemented therapy with endurance running and calisthenics three days per week. The subjects were tested prior to and at the conclusion of the training on a battery of stuttering tests and cardiovascular measures taken at rest, after stuttering, and after submaximal exercise. There were no significant differences (0.05 level) prior to training. At the conclusion of training, the training group was significandy better in cardiovascular response to exercise and stuttering. Although physical training did not significantly aid the reduction of stuttering as measured in this study, training did cause an increased ability to adapt physiologically to physical stress and to the stress of stuttering.

Psychological Contract Fulfillment and Employee Responses to Pay System Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine J. Syrek ◽  
Conny H. Antoni
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Pay For Performance ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Psychological Contract Fulfillment ◽  
Pay System ◽  
Employee Responses

Abstract. The implementation of a new pay system is a balancing act that produces uncertainty and draws employees’ attention to the fulfillment of exchange agreements. Transformational leadership may be essential during these change processes. Based on psychological contract theory, we expected that transformational leadership impacts job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment through the fulfillment of relational psychological contracts, while the fulfillment of transactional psychological contracts may be crucial for employees’ pay and bonus satisfaction. We assessed 143 employees nested within 34 teams before and after (24 months) a pay for performance (pfp) system was introduced. Our results supported the mediation hypotheses considering job and pay satisfaction, but not considering commitment. Unexpectedly, the effect on bonus satisfaction was mediated via relational psychological contracts.

A crisis in group therapy.

1977 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 638-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Meyer ◽  
Steven R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy

Review of Group Therapy for Medically Ill Patients.

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1134-1134
Author(s):  
Brian A. Buford
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Medically Ill ◽  
Medically Ill Patients
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