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    Theory of Change: The Client’s Perspective on the Nature of Change in Psychotherapy

    238414_Goryczko 2015.pdf (3.110Mb)
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    Authors
    Goryczko, Magdalena
    Date
    2015
    Supervisor
    Dr Jenny Thornton
    Dr Jan Grant
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1174
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    Abstract

    The aim of this study was to discover specific factors that facilitate therapeutic change as perceived by clients. This study utilised Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and the data were collected from therapists and non-therapists who had completed a medium to long-term therapy. Findings suggest that change was a deeply relational process experienced, not as distinct stage-like phases, but rather as a gradual development of new structures of alignment in the cognitive, affective, and bodily domains.

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