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Evaluating the Therapeutic and Diagnostic Benefits of Conflict Analysis, a Self‐Guided Online Therapeutic Assessment: An Online Case Study
Author(s) -
Levis Maxwell Eli Joshua,
Levis Albert J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/bjp.12603
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , therapeutic relationship , psychotherapist , psychoeducation , mentalization , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Assessment is a defining component of psychotherapy practice. Unfortunately, it is also a component that can be associated with heightened stigma, dropout, and financial burden. Responding to these concerns, Conflict Analysis (CA) was developed as a meaningful, accessible, and inexpensive online therapeutic assessment that can aid case formulation or function as auxiliary psychoeducation. CA is a client‐led psychodynamic assessment that bridges diagnostic frameworks, therapeutic techniques, and technological resources. CA provides a diagnostic blueprint for subsequent interventions for little cost and from the convenience of clients’ mobile devices. This study evaluates CA's perceived therapeutic and diagnostic utility through using a single‐case research design, featuring the case of ‘Laura’, a 40‐year‐old African‐American woman, randomly chosen from an online sample cohort. Authors had no direct contact with Laura. The study examines assessment responses, narrative writings, self‐reflections, and self‐report scores on measures predicting psychopathology, wellbeing, insight, and diagnostic and therapeutic benefits. Measures were evaluated before, immediately after, and two weeks after CA. Data suggest CA offered Laura insight into behavioural patterns and a growth framework. Laura indicated CA helped her balance between competing aspects of identity, and become more engaged, empowered, and open to therapeutic interventions. Findings should not be generalized as the study only presents an individual record.