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Using termination as an intervention (UTAI): A view from an integrative, cognitive-existential psychodynamics
Golan Shahar1, Sharon Ziv-Beiman2
1Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Using Termination as an Intervention (UTAI) is a novel psychotherapy approach. Prescheduling treatment termination can enhance patient responsibility, agency, and interpersonal schema examination for improved outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Psychotherapy research
- Clinical psychology
- Mental health interventions
Background:
- Treatment termination is a critical juncture in psychotherapy.
- Existing approaches may not fully leverage termination as an active intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and delineate the Using Termination as an Intervention (UTAI) approach.
- To explore UTAI's potential as a therapeutic intervention for patient remoralization.
Main Methods:
- Presents an integrated, cognitive-existential psychodynamics (CEP) framework for UTAI.
- Discusses the application of prescheduled, tentative termination as an intervention.
- Examines the impact on patient responsibility, agency, and object relations.
Main Results:
- Prescheduling termination can foster patient responsibility and agency.
- UTAI facilitates deeper examination of interpersonal schemas and scripts.
- The integrative nature of UTAI is explored, with caveats noted.
Conclusions:
- Using Termination as an Intervention (UTAI) offers a structured method to utilize termination proactively.
- This approach holds promise for enhancing patient engagement and therapeutic depth.
- Further exploration of UTAI's efficacy and application is warranted.
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