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Perception, experience and use of moments of change - a qualitative investigation

Simone Begemann1, Ulrike Willutzki2, Gabriele Lutz1,3

  • 1Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4 D-58313 Herdecke Deutschland.

Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie
|October 13, 2023
PubMed

Objectives: In psychotherapeutic change processes, in addition to gradual changes, specific single special moments are described as a starting point for change. We investigated the perception of these moments of change (CMs) from the patient's perspective: What does each patient perceive and experience in a CM? Methods: A qualitative, explorative study of CMs was conducted by means of semi-structured questionnaires as well as qualitative interviews with patients (n = 12). Grounded theory was used for the analysis. Results: CMs were noticed by an "explicit mode of perception" based on physical, emotional and cognitive aspects. In addition, we found a "transcending mode of experience" that involved changes in consciousness and self-experience. CMs showed a "specific transformative pattern" and were preserved as "experience anchors". Conclusions: The intensification of consciousness, transformation of self-experience, and intense prototypical experience of a change process appeared particularly impressive. With the help of CMs, access could be gained to an embodied and implicit experience, which could subsequently be symbolised and used as an "experience anchor". This could be useful especially for the treatment of psychosomatic patients.

Keywords:
Moment der VeränderungPatient:innenperspektivePsychotherapieQualitative Studiemoment of changepatient perspectivepsychotherapyqualitative study

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