dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-25T06:54:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-25T06:54:40Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-06-13T09:15:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Råbu, Marit Haavind, Hanne . Coming to an end: A case study of an ambigous process of ending. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 2012, 12(2), 109-117 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/37390 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: When the duration of therapy is not preset and the outcome is a matter for negotiation, the decision to end psychotherapy will be an experiential concern for the two participants. This case study draws attention to how ambiguities may be settled in a process where ending is initiated by the therapist and resisted by the client. Method and analysis: The actual case was strategically selected as exceptional owing to a combination of circumstances. The client and the therapist had developed a ‘good enough’ alliance (WAI) and reached a ‘good enough’ outcome (OQ-45), and still the client felt she was far from finished. A close inspection of interactional data in sessions together with both clients' and therapists' reflections in post-therapy interviews elicited information about both substantial content and structural aspects of this complicated process of ending. Findings and discussion: The discrepancy between therapist and client was not addressed, but rather postponed and revisited again later. Structural elements like preparations for a break for vacations and reducing the frequency of sessions were used to test experiential qualities, such as how the client managed life without therapy. Carefully preserving a ‘good enough’ emotional bond through the negotiations seemed important to both parties. Significantly, the client's autonomy was interpreted as the final proof of improvement and the client came to a point where she could affirm that she had got better only by accepting that treatment was coming to an end.<br><br>
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research: Linking research with practice, Copyright 2012 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, available online | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis AS | |
dc.title | Coming to an end: A case study of an ambigous process of ending | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Råbu, Marit | |
dc.creator.author | Haavind, Hanne | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,17,5,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Psykologisk institutt | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 929364 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Counselling and Psychotherapy Research&rft.volume=12&rft.spage=109&rft.date=2012 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Counselling and Psychotherapy Research | |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 109 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 117 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2011.608131 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-38890 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 1473-3145 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/37390/5/PostPrintCaseending.pdf | |
dc.type.version | AcceptedVersion | |