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Exploratory Therapy in Two‐Plus‐One Sessions II ‐ A Single Case Study
Author(s) -
Barkham Michael,
Hobson Robert F.
Publication year - 1989
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/j.1752-0118.1989.tb01265.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , session (web analytics) , interpersonal communication , narrative , meaning (existential) , dream , single subject design , psychoanalysis , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , world wide web , computer science
. This paper presents a single case study employing a model of brief Exploratory therapy, termed two‐plus‐one therapy, in which a client, Doris, presenting with an intense fear of thunder, was seen for two sessions one week apart followed by third session three months later. The therapist was Dr Robert Hobson and the three sessions were videotaped. The paper presents five central components of the model: (1) focus on the client's affect; (2) identification of a focal issue; (3) personal meaning of dream content; (4) emphasis on the interpersonal process in the ‘here and now’; and (5) identification of a narrative point of origin. These components are presented with extensive use of verbatim transcripts of the sessions to illustrate these components together with the techniques used in this mode of brief therapy. The changes achieved, and not achieved, in the client's pathology are discussed.