Resolving Social Inhibition During Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression: A Task Analytic Discovery

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dc.contributor.advisorPos, Alberta E.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Natalie Dias
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T21:24:24Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T21:24:24Z
dc.date.copyright2023-01-25
dc.date.issued2023-03-28
dc.date.updated2023-03-28T21:24:24Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to create a model of the resolution of social inhibition (SI) during emotion-focused therapy (EFT; Greenberg et al., 1993) for depression. Employing the steps of the discovery phase of a task analysis (Greenberg, 2007), a rational model of the resolution of SI was first developed. Client markers of SI were also conjectured. Following this, performances of the resolution and non-resolution of SI over a course of EFT therapy for depression were observed, using archival data of six clients from clinical trials of EFT for depression (Greenberg & Watson, 1998; Goldman et al., 2006). Resolution was defined as having an SI score on the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (Horowitz et al., 1988) in the normal range, as indicated by norms, at 18-month follow-up post therapy. The empirical observations were then synthetized with the rational model to create a final rational-empirical model outlining the resolution of SI. The final model identified 6 components: (1) SI Markers; (2) Maladaptive shame and fear expressed by the client’s inhibited self; (3) Client connects SI Agent to painful past original source; (4) A power shift that results in an overcoming of the part of client that perpetuates SI (through expression of assertive anger and hurt/grief, needs for support and acceptance, and deservingness of needs); (5) Client is willing to take risks despite potential hurt/grief; and (6) Increased expression of self-assertion. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings are considered. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/41048
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subject.keywordsSocial inhibition
dc.subject.keywordsDepression
dc.subject.keywordsEmotion-focused therapy
dc.subject.keywordsInterpersonal problems
dc.subject.keywordsTask analysis
dc.subject.keywordsDiscovery phase
dc.titleResolving Social Inhibition During Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression: A Task Analytic Discovery
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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