This auto-ethnographic study (i.e. an autobiographical genre of writing and research, written in the first-person voice, where the workings of self are expressed both cognitively and emotionally) qualitatively explores the changing assumptions of a training therapist. It shows how various therapies were negotiated during the training period, and explores how meaning was constructed according to basic, underlying epistemological assumptions. Significant experiences and therapies are presented, showing how the therapist's most basic, linear assumptions, were directly challenged by eco-systemic training. The study produces an in-depth, thick description of both the emotional and the cognitive journey of a training therapist, and traces the therapist's movement away from the stability and certainty of a linear epistemological 'way of knowing' to the instability and uncertainty characteristic of an eco-systemic 'way of knowing'. Conclusions are idiosyncratic and are not intended for generalization. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

This study focuses on the cybernetic complementarity of stability and change in family therapy. Stability and change involve both the client and therapist, and is a selfreferential process where the observer is part of that which is observed. One couple was involved in ten therapy sessions. During the action research cycles of planning, acting and reflecting, the principles of systems theory, cybernetics and second cybernetics were implemented. A team consisting of one lecturer and two students were actively involved throughout all the phases of the research process. During therapy, the therapist focused on stability to facilitate change in the structure of the couple's organizational system. The research served as a good example of how punctuation of two complementarity processes (stability and change) can enable and empower clients to autonomously reflect on their own behaviour, and to make decisions regarding patterns they would like or feel ready to change. / Social Science (Mental Health) / Thesis (M. Soc. Science)--University of South Africa, 2001. / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

This study aims to show that the adoption of the cybernetic perspective is appropriate in dealing with relationship problems of interacting and communicating individuals since it authenticates the inclusion of the therapist in the therapeutic system, and thus the creation of a reality by all involved, and not just the therapist alone. The constructivist view of the world and the systemic theoretical assumptions are recognized as the required framework for the adopted cybernetic approach. The consideration of the stability/change nature of change is acknowledged as forming the most essential aspects of the change that system require. Thus addressing both stability of what clients need to maintain of themselves, as well as what they want to change is important. The action research methodology used in this research ensured a focus on the actions of the therapist/social worker while facilitating a therapeutic process with a family. Therefore attention could be given to areas requiring change through the planning, acting and reflecting steps throughout the process. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Giovanna Corte Honda.pdf: 892385 bytes, checksum: 53301973b02804195919fdc442739f9b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-01 / The present exploratory study aimed to combine the adaptive efficacy criterion with the Generic Change Indicators List (GCIL) to better understand how people change in psychotherapy. The specific aim was to evaluate if the evolution in the hierarchy of Generic Change Indicators is associated with the quality of adaptive responses. Methodologically, the research was based on an intensive case study design. The List presents an ideal of what happens when psychotherapy is successful. The List is composed by 19 indicators disposed hierarchically, which relate primarily to how the patient sees his or her problem, his or her willingness to face it and his or her expectations for psychotherapy and psychotherapist. Adaptive efficacy comprises the responses of the individual in the face of difficulties and vicissitudes of life. The more adequate a set of responses is, the more the adaptation of the subject will be considered effective. The videos and the transcriptions of the sessions of a brief psychodynamic psychotherapy process were evaluated with the GCIL and with the Scale of Adaptation (EDAO-R). According to the GCIL 14 episodes of change were identified into the 11 sessions of the psychotherapy. Results pointed to evolution in the hierarchy of indicators of change. The initial sessions comprised indicators of lower hierarchy and final sessions encompassed indicators of higher hierarchy. The results also showed that there was an evolution in the patient s adaptive efficacy, from very slightly adequate to adequate in the A-R area and from very slightly adequate to slightly adequate in the Pr area. We suggest that the progress in the hierarchy of the indicators showed that the patient began to offer more adequate responses, which resulted mainly in changes in the A-R area. It was possible to conclude in this study the association between the two measures. Some common factors to different therapeutic approaches probably contributed to the changes that the patient achieved and these are relate to the patient (she actively participated in the process, was aware of her difficulties and showed motivation to work on the problems), to the therapist (interventions used during the sessions) and to the relationship between therapist and patient (therapeutic alliance). Further researches must be pursued, involving a larger number of psychotherapies, including unsuccessful and dropout processes. / A presente pesquisa, de natureza explorat?ria, buscou combinar o crit?rio da efic?cia adaptativa com os da Lista de Indicadores Gen?ricos de Mudan?a (LIGM), para se compreender melhor como as pessoas mudam em psicoterapia. O objetivo mais espec?fico foi avaliar se existe rela??o entre a evolu??o na hierarquia dos Indicadores Gen?ricos de Mudan?a e a qualidade das respostas adaptativas. Utilizou-se o delineamento de estudo de caso intensivo. A LIGM refere-se a uma sequ?ncia ideal do que se espera que ocorra, se a psicoterapia obtiver ?xito. Ela ? composta por 19 indicadores dispostos de modo hier?rquico, que se referem prioritariamente ? forma como o paciente encara o seu problema, sua disposi??o para enfrent?-lo e as expectativas em rela??o ? psicoterapia e ao psicoterapeuta. A efic?cia adaptativa engloba as respostas dadas pelo indiv?duo frente ?s dificuldades e vicissitudes da vida. Quanto mais um conjunto de respostas ? adequado, mais eficaz ser? sua adapta??o. Para tanto, os v?deos e as transcri??es das sess?es de um processo de psicoterapia breve psicodin?mica de paciente adulta que foi atendida por psicoterapeuta experiente foram avaliadas com a LIGM e com a Escala Diagn?stica Adaptativa Operacionalizada Redefinida (EDAO-R). De acordo com a LIGM foram encontrados 14 epis?dios de mudan?a, distribu?dos em 11 sess?es. Observou-se evolu??o dos indicadores de mudan?a, em que as sess?es iniciais englobaram indicadores de menor hierarquia e as sess?es finais abarcaram indicadores de maior hierarquia. Os resultados tamb?m mostraram que houve evolu??o na efic?cia adaptativa da paciente, de pouqu?ssimo adequada para adequada, no setor Afetivo-Relacional (A-R, que diz respeito aos relacionamentos intra e interpessoais) e de pouqu?ssimo adequada para pouco adequada no setor Produtividade (Pr, que envolve trabalho ou principal ocupa??o que a pessoa exerce). Sugere-se que o progresso na hierarquia dos indicadores demonstrou que a paciente passou a oferecer respostas mais adequadas, que ocasionaram principalmente em mudan?as no setor A-R. Alguns fatores provavelmente contribu?ram para as mudan?as alcan?adas e estes dizem respeito ? paciente (participou ativamente do processo, tinha consci?ncia de suas dificuldades e apresentou motiva??o para trabalhar nos problemas), ? terapeuta (interven??es utilizadas durante as sess?es) e ? rela??o estabelecida entre ambas (alian?a terap?utica). Foi poss?vel concluir que neste estudo houve associa??o entre as duas medidas, que podem ser usadas para auxiliar o terapeuta na avalia??o de progresso do paciente e na compreens?o das vari?veis que podem facilitar ou limitar a mudan?a do paciente. Sugere-se a realiza??o de novas pesquisas, que compreendam maior n?mero de casos e que contem com processos considerados mal sucedidos e em que houve abandono por parte do paciente.

Utilizando como referência teórica a Abordagem Transdisciplinar e os conhecimentos produzidos pelos movimentos New Age, particularmente pelas Psicologias Transpessoais de enfoque humanista, entre as quais a Abordagem Centrada na Pessoa, este estudo tem por objetivo geral participar dos debates sobre essas abordagens e sobre as relações entre Psicologia e Informática, novo campo de ação para psicólogos, aqui particularizados os novos métodos de auto-conhecimento mediados por computador, via Internet, a distância. Define como objetivo específico verificar as potencialidades e contribuições do Processo Self-Empowerment, método de Personal Coaching, basicamente mediado a distância, via Internet, e desenvolvido ao longo de três etapas ou módulos: (1) Etapa da reflexão biográfica, (2) Etapa da consulta oracular ao Eu Interior por meio do Jogo da Transformação e (3) Etapa de estruturação de um Plano de Ação. A pesquisa descritiva aqui apresentada considerou os fundamentos teóricos do processo e sua metodologia. Seus resultados possibilitara constituir um conjunto articulado, teórico-metodológico, que contribui expressivamente para a condução de processos de autoconhecimento, auto-realização e auto-transcendência, em geral e, de modo particular, para os processos de personal coaching via Internet. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que o Processo Self-Empowerment possibilita aos participantes um melhor conhecimento de si mesmos, atualização de suas potencialidades e maior possibilidade de uma participação social mais efetiva e consciente. / The general aim of this study is to participate in the debate between Transdisciplinarity, Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology, including the Person-Centered Approach, with E-learning and Information Technology in Internet, as new branch of psychology with new methods to counseling, self-knowledge mediated by computer, through e-learning. The research intended to verify the specific capabilities and contributions of the Case Self-Empowerment Journey of Transformation as an E-learning Counseling or as a Personal Coaching Method developed over three phases or modules: (1) Phase of autobiographical reflection, (2) Phase of oracular consultation of the Self through the Transformation Game (3) Phase of Action Planning. This descriptive research aims in additional for the theoretical and methodological approach of Self-Empowerment Process. The results indicate that Self- Empowerment Process contributes significantly to the Internet counseling and to self-development, self-knowledge, self-realization and self-transcendence, and contributes to participants have more effective in social participation.

This study has adopted the metaphor of �mind-forged manacles� to explore adolescent transformation within an educational context. It does this by examining the experiences of two groups of people who participated in an intensive, one-off personal development program for adolescents, known as Discovery. The first study involves secondary school students for whom the program was part of the school curriculum. The second study consists of an older group of people who did the program during their adolescence and outside the formal education system. The third study is a contemplation of transformation derived from my experience as researcher during the course of completing this thesis. In an attempt to reflect the perspectival worldview from within which the study is created I have drawn on a range of theorists. To integrate their ideas I created three different �lenses� or ways of viewing the data. The first lens is developed from consciousness theory, the second from process philosophy and complex self-organising systems theory, and the third from individual humanistic psychology. The educational pedagogy is holistic and embraces developmental models of thinking and learning. The study uses participant reflection to argue that a program of intentionally focussed challenges, combined with the support that enables these challenges to be successfully met, can be transformational for many young people. It suggests that the complex postmodern world requires teachers to be aware of their own and their students� consciousness, and demands learning experiences that are deliberately focussed on helping the process of consciousness transformation rather than only on achieving predetermined outcomes. Transformation is understood as a shift to a different order of consciousness in which it is how one sees rather than what one sees that changes. With each shift towards a new order of consciousness the mind-forged manacles are loosed and individuals accept increasing responsibility for their lives and how they live them. Educational programs can be developed to assist this process.

This study examined the growth patterns of action teams over time. Cognitive and non-cognitive (i.e., motivational) team composition variables were hypothesized to differentially predict initial levels of and changes over time in team performance. In order to test the hypotheses 78 two-person teams flew three equivalent missions on a low-fidelity computer-based Apache helicopter simulator. Random Coefficient Modeling analyses indicated that, as expected, team composition of general cognitive ability positively predicted initial team performance, whereas team composition of motivational traits did not. However, none of the team composition variables predicted team performance change. Implications, limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

Project (Ed.S.)--James Madison University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study has adopted the metaphor of �mind-forged manacles� to explore adolescent transformation within an educational context. It does this by examining the experiences of two groups of people who participated in an intensive, one-off personal development program for adolescents, known as Discovery. The first study involves secondary school students for whom the program was part of the school curriculum. The second study consists of an older group of people who did the program during their adolescence and outside the formal education system. The third study is a contemplation of transformation derived from my experience as researcher during the course of completing this thesis. In an attempt to reflect the perspectival worldview from within which the study is created I have drawn on a range of theorists. To integrate their ideas I created three different �lenses� or ways of viewing the data. The first lens is developed from consciousness theory, the second from process philosophy and complex self-organising systems theory, and the third from individual humanistic psychology. The educational pedagogy is holistic and embraces developmental models of thinking and learning. The study uses participant reflection to argue that a program of intentionally focussed challenges, combined with the support that enables these challenges to be successfully met, can be transformational for many young people. It suggests that the complex postmodern world requires teachers to be aware of their own and their students� consciousness, and demands learning experiences that are deliberately focussed on helping the process of consciousness transformation rather than only on achieving predetermined outcomes. Transformation is understood as a shift to a different order of consciousness in which it is how one sees rather than what one sees that changes. With each shift towards a new order of consciousness the mind-forged manacles are loosed and individuals accept increasing responsibility for their lives and how they live them. Educational programs can be developed to assist this process.

Thesis (M.Sc. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2000. / "A thesis for the degree of Master in Applied Science" Bibliography : leaves 209-219.