Therapists' Intentional Use of Metaphor: Memorability, Clinical Impact, and Possible Epistemic/Motivational Functions

The memorability, clinical impact, and possible epistemic and motivational functions of therapists' intentional use of therapeutic metaphor were examined in 4 dyads of experiential psychotherapy. Clients tended to recall therapists' intentional metaphors approximately two thirds of the tim...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1992-02, Vol.60 (1), p.143-145
Main Authors: Martin, Jack, Cummings, Anne L, Hallberg, Ernest T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Counseling Effectiveness
Counseling Techniques
Female
Foreign Countries
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Recall
Metaphor
Metaphors
Motivation
Outcomes of Treatment
Person-Centered Psychotherapy - methods
Personality Development
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapeutic Techniques
Psychotherapy
Semantics
Social research
Therapeutical relation and framework
Therapists
Therapy
Treatments
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Summary:The memorability, clinical impact, and possible epistemic and motivational functions of therapists' intentional use of therapeutic metaphor were examined in 4 dyads of experiential psychotherapy. Clients tended to recall therapists' intentional metaphors approximately two thirds of the time, especially when these metaphors were developed collaboratively and repetitively. Clients rated therapy sessions in which they recalled therapists' intentional use of metaphors as more helpful than sessions in which they recalled therapeutic events other than therapists' intentional metaphors. Four distinctive epistemic and motivational functions of therapeutic metaphor were observed.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.60.1.143