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Recent reviewers of the group psychotherapy literature have called for the introduction of new constructs that may contribute to a deeper understanding of what it is about process groups that make them effective in eliciting change. To this end, this study investigates the potential of a newly defined and operationalized construct known as self-compassion. Drawing on the writings of various scholars of Buddhism, Neff has theorized that self-compassion consists of three main, mutually influential components: self-kindness (the act of being gentle with oneself in instance of pain or failure); mindfulness (holding painful thoughts and feelings in balanced awareness, without over-identifying with them); and common humanity (the perception of one’s experiences as part of the larger human experience). This paper argues that there are strong parallels between each of these three components and existing theory on the mechanisms of change in group psychotherapy. The study was motivated by the belief that preliminary quantitative support for the role of self-compassion in change through groups may highlight the importance of the construct and help orient both group practitioners and group researchers towards a new theoretical lens through which the power of groups may be better understood. 92 subjects were enrolled in the study: 57 in a non-treatment Control condition, and 35 in a Treatment condition. The Control group was comprised of undergraduates from the Educational Psychology Department subject pool at the University of Texas at Austin; the Treatment group was formed by UT undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled in a process psychotherapy group at the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. A pre-test/post-test design was employed, with subjects taking identical surveys at baseline (beginning of Fall 2007 semester) and follow-up (end of the same semester). A variety of inferential statistical techniques were utilized, and results indicated that there was a significant relationship between participation in process group psychotherapy and positive mental health outcomes as measured by self-report levels of depression, perceived stress, and happiness; that participation in a therapy group was associated with increased levels of self-compassion; and that as a predictor of mental health outcome in relation to therapy groups, self-compassion was on the whole equivalent to one construct (hope) often cited in the group literature as a powerful therapeutic mechanism, and a more powerful predictor than another (altruism). The overall results offer exciting implications for future research and clinical practice, as they suggest that self-compassion may well serve as an important component of a robust theoretical, organizing lens through which the power of group psychotherapy may be more clearly understood. / text

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-02-18T14:33:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Lisiane Geremia_.pdf: 459446 bytes, checksum: 3da35d89eb6da1c51b2777228edd1fa1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-18T14:33:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lisiane Geremia_.pdf: 459446 bytes, checksum: 3da35d89eb6da1c51b2777228edd1fa1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-22 / Nenhuma / As pesquisas em psicoterapia têm contribuido para o estudo da Aliança Terapêutica, seu desenvolvimento e manutenção no processo de tratamento com pacientes diagnosticados com diversos transtornos. Através da exploração minuciosa de ações do processo, incluindo variáveis do paciente, do terapeuta e da interação, se torna possível compreender o que ocorre dentro de um setting terapêutico e como a Aliança Terapêutica se desenvolve em uma psicoterapia. Poucos estudos direcionam suas investigações para os pacientes diagnosticados com o Transtorno de Personalidade Borderline, principalmente, na descrição dos processos e dos resultados terapêuticos. Essa dissertação de mestrado teve como principal objetivo avaliar a Aliança Terapêutica no processo de psicoterapia de uma jovem diagnosticada com o Transtorno de Personalidade Borderline. Para tal, 12 sessões de psicoterapia psicanalítica foram codificadas através de dois instrumentos, um que avalia a Aliança Terapêutica e, o segundo focalizando o estudo do processo terapêutico. O Working Alliance Inventory Observer Form (WAI-O) busca avaliar a Aliança Terapêutica por meio de 36 itens que investigam as três subescalas presentes no tratamento, os Objetivos, as Tarefas, e o Vínculo. O Psychotherapy Process Q-set (PQS) visa avaliar sessões de psicoterapia através de 100 itens que descrevem o terapeuta, as atitudes e os comportamentos do paciente, bem como as interações terapeuta/paciente. O primeiro estudo consiste na análise e descrição da Aliança Terapêutica na psicoterapia durante o período de seis meses de tratamento, visando compreender as qualidades dessa relação ao longo desse recorte de sessões e posteriormente nas três etapas divididas do tratamento. O segundo, investiga em profundidade a Aliança Terapêutica no processo de uma psicoterapia através da integração das anotações clínicas, narrativas realizadas através dos cinco itens mais e cinco itens menos característicos do processo e da correlação das categorias do Psychotherapy Process Q-Set (PQS) com as subescalas do Working Alliance Inventory Observer Form (WAI-O). Portanto, esta dissertação aponta que a Aliança Terapêutica é um fator de muita importância no processo de uma psicoterapia, especialmente no tratamento de pacientes graves e, que o vínculo e a postura empática e sensível da terapeuta são ingredientes essenciais nesse processo. / Psychotherapy research have contributed for the study of therapeutic alliance, its development and maintenance during the treatment of patients diagnosed with many disorders. By thorough exploration of the actions of the process, including patient, interaction and therapist variables, it is possible understand what happens in a therapeutic setting and how the Therapeutic Alliance develops in psychotherapy. Few studies directed their research to patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, especially in the description of processes and therapeutic results. This Master's dissertation aimed to evaluate the Therapeutic Alliance in the psychotherapy process of a young woman diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. For such, 12 psychoanalytic psychotherapy sessions were coded by two instruments, one that evaluates the Therapeutic Alliance and the second focusing on the study of the therapeutic process. The Working Alliance Inventory Observer Form (WAI-O) seeks to assess the Therapeutic Alliance through 36 items, investigating the three subscales present in the treatment: the Objectives, the Tasks, and the Bond. The Psychotherapy Process (PQS) aims to assess the psychotherapy sessions through 100 items describing the therapist, the attitudes, the behavior of the patient and the therapist/patient interactions. The first study is the analysis and description of the Therapeutic Alliance in psychotherapy, during the six months of treatment, to understand the qualities of this relationship during these sessions, and later in the three stages of treatment. The second one investigates in depth the process of the Therapeutic Alliance of psychotherapy through the integration of clinical notes, narratives made through the five most typical items and five less typical items of the process, and the correlation of the categories of the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set (PQS) with the subscales of the Working Alliance Inventory Observer Form (WAI-O). Therefore, this dissertation points out that the Therapeutic Alliance is a factor of great importance in the process of psychotherapy, especially in the treatment of critically ill patients and the bond, as well as the empathic and sensitive attitude of the therapist are essential components in this process.