Investigating Therapeutic Relationship through Avoidance Patterns of Client and Psychotherapist: A Conversational Analysis

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 106 - 126, 20.06.2019

Sevda Sarı

https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.495378

Abstract

Psychotherapy process research can be conducted to analyze therapeutic relationship,
emotions, change process in therapy and therapist-client interaction by using
qualitative research methods (McLeod, 2001). Conversational analysis is preferred
with its main focus on interaction within dialogue, to investigate therapeutic
relationship (Perakyla, 2004). This study as a psychotherapy process research aimed
at analyzing the avoidance within therapist-client interaction and its effect on
therapeutic relationship. Conversational analysis of three schema therapy oriented
sessions which represented the avoidance pattern of therapist and client were explored.
The focus was on weak agreement and disagreement in the dialogue, interruption and
overlap within turn taking organization. Over the course of schema therapy sessions,
it was observed that therapist avoided deeply analyzing client’s negative emotions
related to therapy and changed the topic. Besides, client was withdrawn, and therapist
could not repair the disagreement in the therapeutic dialogue. Investigating avoidance
patterns of psychotherapist and client was important to uncover therapeutic rupture.
Interaction of avoidance behaviors of client and therapist was discussed in terms of
therapeutic alliance rupture and schema therapy model.

Keywords

Pyschotherapy research, conversational analysis, therapeutic relationship, schema therapy, qualitative study

Terapi İlişkisinin Terapist ve Danışanın Kaçınma Örüntüleri Açısından İncelenmesi: Bir Konuşma Analizi Çalışması

Abstract

Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinin kullanıldığı psikoterapi araştırmaları ile terapi ilişkisi,
duygular terapide değişim süreci ve terapist danışan etkileşimi gibi konularda
psikoterapide süreç araştırmaları yapılabilmektedir (McLeod, 2001). Konuşma analizi,
dilin etkileşimsel dinamiğine odaklandığı için terapi ilişkisinin araştırılmasında tercih
edilmektedir (Perakyla, 2004). Bu çalışmanın amacı, bir psikoterapi süreç araştırması
olarak, kaçınmanın terapist ve danışan etkileşim sürecinde nasıl ortaya çıktığının ve
terapi ilişkisinin bundan nasıl etkilendiğinin anlaşılmasıdır. Şema terapi yaklaşımı ile
gerçekleştirilmiş ve terapist-danışan arasındaki kaçınma örüntüsünün ortaya çıktığı üç
seans, konuşma analizi ile incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın odağı, terapi diyaloğundaki
zayıf anlaşma ve anlaşmazlık bildiren ifadeler, söz kesme, çakışmaları içeren sıra alış
organizasyonu olmuştur. Analiz sonuçlarına göre şema terapi seanslarında, terapistin,
danışanın terapi seansı ile ilgili negatif duygularını derinlemesine analiz etmekten
kaçındığı, konuyu değiştirdiği; danışanın ise geri çekildiği ve terapistin terapi
diyaloğundaki anlaşmazlığı onaramadığı gözlenmiştir. Terapist ve danışan arasındaki
kaçınma örüntüsünün analiz edilmesi terapötik ittifakta kırılma ile ilgili bilgi vermesi
açısından önemlidir. Terapist ve danışanın kaçınma davranışlarının etkileşimi,
terapötik ittifakta kırılma ve şema terapi mod modeli bağlamında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

konuşma analizi, terapi ilişkisi, şema terapi, Psikoterapi araştırması, nitel araştırma

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