An adjudicated hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study of experiential therapy for panic/phobia

This article illustrates the application of an adjudicated form of hermeneutic single-case efficacy design, a critical-reflective method for inferring change and therapeutic influence in single therapy cases. The client was a 61-year-old European-American male diagnosed with panic and bridge phobia....

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Published in:Psychotherapy research 2009-07, Vol.19 (4-5), p.543-557
Main Authors: Elliott, Robert, Partyka, Rhea, Alperin, Rebecca, Dobrenski, Robert, Wagner, John, Messer, Stanley B., Watson, Jeanne C., Castonguay, Louis G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anxiety
experiential/existential/humanistic psychotherapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
outcome research
Panic Disorder - psychology
Panic Disorder - therapy
Phobic Disorders - psychology
Phobic Disorders - therapy
process research
Psychotherapy - methods
Psychotherapy - statistics & numerical data
qualitative research methods
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:This article illustrates the application of an adjudicated form of hermeneutic single-case efficacy design, a critical-reflective method for inferring change and therapeutic influence in single therapy cases. The client was a 61-year-old European-American male diagnosed with panic and bridge phobia. He was seen for 23 sessions of individual process-experiential/emotion-focused therapy. In this study, affirmative and skeptic teams of researchers developed opposing arguments regarding whether the client changed over therapy and whether therapy was responsible for these changes. Three judges representing different theoretical orientations then assessed data and arguments, rendering judgments in favor of the affirmative side. The authors discuss clinical implications and recommendations for future interpretive case study research.
ISSN:1050-3307
1468-4381
DOI:10.1080/10503300902905947