Changing stories, healing lives. American Psychological Association Press view the articulation and consolidation of an emotionally integrated self-narrative account as an important part of the therapeutic change process that is essential for sustained change in emotion-focused therapy of depression. The purpose of the present study was to investigate client experiences of change, and self-narrative reconstruction, in the context of one good outcome emotion-focused therapy dyad drawn from the York II Depression Study.
Using the Narrative Assessment Interview NAI method, client view of self and experiences of change were assessed at three points in time--after session one, at therapy termination, and at 6 months follow-up. Findings emerging from an intensive narrative theme analyses of the NAI transcripts--and 1 key therapy session identified by the client--are reported and evidence for the contributions of narrative and emotion processes to self-narrative change in emotion-focused therapy of depression are discussed.
Finally, the implications of assessing clients' experiences of self-narrative change for psychotherapy research and practice are addressed. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Didn't get the message?
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Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. Emotion-focused therapy for depression Author: English View all editions and formats Summary: Greenberg demonstrates an exciting new approach to helping clients live in harmony with their emotions.