Recognizing oneself in the encounter with others: Meaningful moments in systemic therapy for social anxiety disorder in the eyes of patients and their therapists after the end of therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to characterize and describe meaningful moments in the context of systemic psychotherapy, from the point of view of patients and their therapists, after the end of therapy. The therapy studied is a manualized, monitored systemic therapy for social anxiety disorder.

Method

Semi-structured follow-up interviews were conducted separately with five patients and their therapists (N = 10). Methodological triangulation was used: Grounded theory was used to code the transcripts as described by Charmaz. Then the passages of the selected code "meaningful moment" were evaluated using thematic comparison, in line with Meuser & Nagel.

Findings

Three categories involving meaningful moments were identified: (1) meeting other patients in group

SUBMITTER: Hilzinger R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8112648 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature