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The big idea: Clients' perspectives of change processes in cognitive therapy
Author(s) -
Clarke Helen,
Rees Anne,
Hardy Gillian E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
psychology and psychotherapy: theory, research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 1476-0835
DOI - 10.1348/147608304322874263
Subject(s) - psychology , active listening , feeling , grounded theory , cognition , psychotherapist , schedule , cognitive therapy , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , sociology , social science , operating system
This study reports on analyses carried out by the authors on five ‘end of therapy’ evaluations conducted with clients who had received a brief course of cognitive therapy for depression. The clients’ evaluation was based on Elliott's (1996) Change Interview Schedule. The transcripts were then analysed using grounded theory methods, and arranged into 10 categories and three category clusters. The category clusters included ‘the listening therapist’, ‘the big idea’ and ‘feeling more comfortable with self’. Clients' reported cognitive and emotional processes fit with Stiles et al .'s (1990) assimilation model.