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THE EFFECTIVE USE OF ENACTMENTS INFAMILY THERAY: DISCOVERY‐ORIENTED PROCESS STUDY
Author(s) -
Nichols Michael P.,
Fellenberg Stephaine
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2000.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , session (web analytics) , facilitation , psychology , psychotherapist , family therapy , closing (real estate) , clinical psychology , computer science , psychiatry , neuroscience , world wide web , political science , law
In this investigation we examine the elements of enactments‐in‐session dialoguse used to observe and modify family interactions in sturctrual family therapy. Twenty‐one videotaped segments of 18 therapy sessions with differnt familes were used to compile detailed descriptions of therapist techniques and client responses. Enactments were analyzed as consisting of three distinst phases‐initiation, facilitation, adn closing‐each of which required more numerous and complex interventions than are usually described in the clinical literautre. Judges were able to reliable describe therapist interventions that led to successful enactments as well as what therapists did or failed to do that led to unproductive outcomes. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.