TY - JOUR
T1 - Person-centered counseling for alcohol-related problems
T2 - the client's experience of self in the therapeutic relationship
AU - Moerman, Marijke
AU - McLeod, John
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) is an intensive method of qualitative inquiry that has the potential to identify distinct aspects of the client's experience of therapy in relation to different problem domains. This paper presents an account of the client's experience in person-centered counseling for alcohol-related problems. Six clients receiving person-centered counseling for longstanding issues associated with alcohol abuse engaged in Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) interviews, which were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Three main domains were identified: the experience of self; experiencing the counselor in the therapeutic relationship; experiencing the impact of counseling. The findings show that the clients overwhelmingly focused on the experience of the self, which was described as both anguished/uncooperative and connecting/emergent.
AB - Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) is an intensive method of qualitative inquiry that has the potential to identify distinct aspects of the client's experience of therapy in relation to different problem domains. This paper presents an account of the client's experience in person-centered counseling for alcohol-related problems. Six clients receiving person-centered counseling for longstanding issues associated with alcohol abuse engaged in Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) interviews, which were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Three main domains were identified: the experience of self; experiencing the counselor in the therapeutic relationship; experiencing the impact of counseling. The findings show that the clients overwhelmingly focused on the experience of the self, which was described as both anguished/uncooperative and connecting/emergent.
U2 - 10.1080/14779757.2006.9688390
DO - 10.1080/14779757.2006.9688390
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 21
EP - 35
JO - Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies
JF - Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies
SN - 1477-9757
IS - 1
ER -