Improvement in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depression: A Qualitative Study of the Patients' Perspective.

ABSTRACT: The patient's perspective on improvement in psychotherapy is crucial for tailoring the therapy he or she is receiving. The present study aimed at exploring the factors aiding and the patients' experiences of improvement in time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with ten adult patients who received up to 28 sessions of manualized psychodynamic psychotherapy in the Norwegian study "Mechanisms of change in psychotherapy" (the MOP study). The post-therapy interviews addressed the participants' experiences from therapy. The data were analyzed with thematic content analysis and hermeneutic interpretation. The analysis identified four helpful dimensions: "Therapist activities" comprised supporting and acknowledging, advising an

SUBMITTER: Lovgren A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557844 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature