Change in psychotherapy: a dialogical analysis single-case study of a patient with bulimia nervosa

Frontiers in Psychology

Giuseppe eMininni²  Alessandro eSalvini³  Elena eFaccio³  Sabrina eCipolletta³  Diego eRomaioli⁴  Gianluca eCastelnuovo⁵ 

[1] Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS;University of Bari Aldo Moro;University of Padua;University of Verona;Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore;

关键词: Bulimia;    Bulimia Nervosa;    Eating Disorders;    Psychotherapy;    discourse analysis;    dialogical self;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00546

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Starting from the critical review of various motivational frameworks of change that have been applied to the study of eating disorders, the present paper provides an alternative conceptualization of the change in psychotherapy presenting a single case study. We analysed six psychotherapeutic conversations with a bulimic patient and found out narratives for and against change. We read them in terms of tension between dominance and exchange in I-positions, as described by Hermans. These results indicate that the dialogical analysis of clinical discourse may be a useful method to investigate change from the beginning to the end of therapy.

【 授权许可】

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