Showing papers by "Leslie S. Greenberg published in 1999"
TL;DR: In this article, emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT) is presented as one of the most researched and most effective approaches to changing distressed marital relationships, and the theoretical context of EFT is described.
Abstract: This article presents the basis for, and the research on, emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT), now recognized as one of the most researched and most effective approaches to changing distressed marital relationships. Drawing on attachment theory and the research on interactional patterns in distressed relationships, we describe the theoretical context of EFT. We then outline the nature of the clinical interventions used in EFT and the steps hypothesized to be crucial to couple change. The central role of accessing and working with emotional issues in the relationship context is highlighted. Following this presentation, we review both the outcome and process research on EFT and present meta-analytic data from randomized clinical trials to substantiate the clinical impact of EFT on couple adjustment. Finally, the empirical and clinical challenges facing EFT are summarized.
363 citations
TL;DR: Greenberg, Lietaer, and Watson as discussed by the authors described a process-experiential therapy approach for posttraumatic stress disorder with sexual trauma, which they called experiential psychodrama with sexual trauma.
Abstract: Part I: History and Theory. Watson, Greenberg, Lietaer, The Experiential Paradigm Unfolding: Relationship and Experiencing. Greenberg, Van Balen, The Theory of Experience-Centered Therapies. Part II: Foundational Processes Watson, Goldman, Vanaerschot, Empathy: A Postmodern Way of Being? Yontef, Dialogic Gestalt Therapy. Schneider, Existential Processes. Leijssen, Focusing Microprocesses. van Kessel, Lietaer, Interpersonal Processes. Bohart, Tallman, The Person as Active Agent in Experiential Therapy. Mahrer, How Can Impressive In-Session Changes Become Impressive Postsession Changes? Part III: Differential Treatment Applications. Greenberg, Watson, Goldman, Process-Experiential Therapy of Depression. Elliott, Davis, Slatik, Process-Experiential Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Difficulties. Wolfe, Sigl, Experiential Psychotherapy of the Anxiety Disorders. Sachse, Goal-Oriented Client-Centered Psychotherapy of Psychosomatic Disorders. Hudgins, Experiential Psychodrama with Sexual Trauma. Eckert, Biermann-Ratjen, The Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Warner, A Client-Centered Approach to Therapeutic Work with Dissociated and Fragile Process. Prouty, Pretherapy and Presymbolic Experiencing. Speirer, Psychopathology According to the Differential Incongruence Model. Melnick, Nevis, Diagnosing in the Here and Now: A Gestalt Therapy Approach. Part IV: Conclusion. Greenberg, Lietaer, Watson, Experiential Therapy: Identity and Challenges.
164 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a marker-based method for tracking the assimilation of a previously outcast voice into the self, conceived as a community of voices, is presented. But the authors focus on a single case and do not consider other voices.
Abstract: The authors present a marker-based method for tracking the assimilation of a previously outcast voice into the self, conceived as a community of voices. In a qualitative assimilation analysis of the case of Jan, a woman whose depressive symptoms abated in process-experiential psychotherapy, the authors tracked 2 major themes, excerpted 43 relevant passages, and rated each passage on the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES). Ratings by 3 independent raters who used a marker-based APES manual were highly correlated with the investigators' consensus ratings. APES ratings tended to increase across sessions, as expected in successful therapy. The authors present passages to illustrate the assimilation of a voice of neediness and weakness by Jan's dominant superwoman voice and the assimilation of a voice of rebellion and assertiveness by Jan's dominant good-girl voice, yielding a more complex and flexible community.
97 citations
TL;DR: The research approach I recommend involves the intensive analysis of concrete-change performances using both intensive observation and measurement of in-session behavior, as well as the investigation of participants' subjective recall of their experience.
Abstract: The research approach I recommend involves the intensive analysis of concrete-change performances using both intensive observation and measurement of in-session behavior, as well as the investigation of participants' subjective recall of their experience. The goal is to build models of client-change processes and the therapist interventions that set these in motion. Examples of research efforts to study the allowing of emotional pain, the process of interruption of emotion, and the process of resolution of hopelessness are given.
60 citations
TL;DR: Although therapists were more accurate than nontherapists in identifying emotions, they did not differ in the accuracy of rating emotional intensity, and accuracy of ratings was found to be less reliant on verbal cues among psychotherapists than among nonTherapists.
Abstract: Junta Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica e Tecnologica - BD/1112/90/ID.
American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.
55 citations