TY - JOUR
T1 - Three narrative-based coding systems
T2 - Innovative moments, ambivalence and ambivalence resolution
AU - Gonçalves, Miguel
AU - Ribeiro, Antonio
AU - Mendes, Ines
AU - Alves, Daniela
AU - Silva, Joana
AU - Rosa, Catarina
AU - Braga, Catia
AU - Batista, João
AU - Fernández-Navarro, Pablo
AU - Oliveira, João Tiago
PY - 2016/11/18
Y1 - 2016/11/18
N2 - Narrative and dialogical perspectives suggest that personal meaning systems' flexibility is an important resource for change in psychotherapy. Drawn from these theoretical backgrounds, a research program focused on the identification of Innovative Moments (IMs)—exceptions to the inflexible meaning systems present in psychopathological suffering—has been carried out. For this purpose, three process-oriented coding systems were developed: The IMs Coding System, the Ambivalence Coding System, and the Ambivalence Resolution Coding System. They allow, respectively, for the study of change, ambivalence, and ambivalence resolution in therapy. This paper presents these coding systems, the main findings that resulted from their application to different samples and therapeutic models, the main current and future lines of research, as well as the clinical applications of this research program.
AB - Narrative and dialogical perspectives suggest that personal meaning systems' flexibility is an important resource for change in psychotherapy. Drawn from these theoretical backgrounds, a research program focused on the identification of Innovative Moments (IMs)—exceptions to the inflexible meaning systems present in psychopathological suffering—has been carried out. For this purpose, three process-oriented coding systems were developed: The IMs Coding System, the Ambivalence Coding System, and the Ambivalence Resolution Coding System. They allow, respectively, for the study of change, ambivalence, and ambivalence resolution in therapy. This paper presents these coding systems, the main findings that resulted from their application to different samples and therapeutic models, the main current and future lines of research, as well as the clinical applications of this research program.
U2 - 10.1080/10503307.2016.1247216
DO - 10.1080/10503307.2016.1247216
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 27
SP - 270
EP - 282
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 3
ER -