What Does Therapist Presence Look Like in the Therapeutic Encounter? A Rational-Empirical Study of the Verbal and Non-Verbal Behavioural Markers of Presence

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dc.contributor.advisorPos, Alberta
dc.creatorColosimo, Kenneth Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-10T15:06:34Z
dc.date.available2014-07-10T15:06:34Z
dc.date.copyright2013-09-17
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T15:53:52Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractHumanistic approaches to psychotherapy recognize therapeutic presence as necessary to sharpening one’s attunement to ongoing dynamics of intra and interpersonal processes, promoting empathy, and developing a strong working alliance. Despite its purported value, however, little empirical research has explored the nature of presence in the psychotherapeutic encounter. Following a task analytic methodology, the current study used both rational and empirical strategies to investigate how highly present therapists manifest presence behaviourally. Results from the present study show that therapist presence is linked to a constellation of verbal and non-verbal markers that reflect four modes of expression, which were named ‘here’, ‘now’, ‘open’, and ‘communion’. The final model included prominent behaviours such as poised body posture, unwavering eye gaze, responsive nodding and facial expressiveness, and vitality in face, body, and vocal tone. Implications for the development of an observational measure are discussed, along with limitations and suggestions for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27553
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsI-Thouen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPresenceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTherapyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRelational depthen_US
dc.subject.keywordsConnectionen_US
dc.titleWhat Does Therapist Presence Look Like in the Therapeutic Encounter? A Rational-Empirical Study of the Verbal and Non-Verbal Behavioural Markers of Presenceen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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