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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 20-32 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Counselling and Psychotherapy Research |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2002 |
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Experiential congruence : qualitative analysis of client and counsellor narrative accounts of significant events in time-limited person-centred therapy. / Grafanaki, Soti; McLeod, John.
In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, 03.2002, p. 20-32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiential congruence
T2 - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
AU - Grafanaki,Soti
AU - McLeod,John
PY - 2002/3
Y1 - 2002/3
N2 - The concept of congruence represents a core theoretical construct in the development of client-centred therapy, and remains fundamental to the practice of experiential approaches to psychotherapy. This study explores the ways in which congruence is experienced during significant moments of therapy. Client and counsellor accounts of moments of congruence/incongruence were collected from six cases of person-centred counselling, and were analysed using a method of narrative analysis. It was found that participants experienced congruence in a variety of ways, suggesting that the construct does not describe a unitary phenomenon. Congruence was experienced as simultaneously intrapsychic and relational. The effective negotiation of episodes of incongruence comprised a necessary element of effective therapy. Further research into the nature of congruence may be valuable in contributing to new understandings of how therapeutic alliances are made, broken and repaired.
AB - The concept of congruence represents a core theoretical construct in the development of client-centred therapy, and remains fundamental to the practice of experiential approaches to psychotherapy. This study explores the ways in which congruence is experienced during significant moments of therapy. Client and counsellor accounts of moments of congruence/incongruence were collected from six cases of person-centred counselling, and were analysed using a method of narrative analysis. It was found that participants experienced congruence in a variety of ways, suggesting that the construct does not describe a unitary phenomenon. Congruence was experienced as simultaneously intrapsychic and relational. The effective negotiation of episodes of incongruence comprised a necessary element of effective therapy. Further research into the nature of congruence may be valuable in contributing to new understandings of how therapeutic alliances are made, broken and repaired.
U2 - 10.1080/14733140212331384958
DO - 10.1080/14733140212331384958
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 20
EP - 32
JO - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
JF - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
SN - 1473-3145
IS - 1
ER -