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C Milbrath1, M Bond, S Cooper

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research
|January 15, 1999
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Therapists adapt interventions to patient distress. Specific sequences like defense and transference interpretations correlate with symptom reduction, validated by the Psychodynamic Intervention Rating Scale (PIRS).

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding the micro-processes within psychotherapy sessions is crucial for treatment efficacy.
  • Therapist interventions and subsequent patient responses form dynamic interactional patterns.
  • The Psychodynamic Intervention Rating Scale (PIRS) is a novel tool for assessing psychodynamic interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze sequential patterns of therapist interventions and patient verbal disclosures within a therapy hour.
  • To evaluate the reliability and construct validity of the Psychodynamic Intervention Rating Scale (PIRS).
  • To determine if specific intervention-disclosure sequences and therapist support predict treatment outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Sequential analysis of therapy sessions for 20 patients.

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  • Development and validation of the Psychodynamic Intervention Rating Scale (PIRS).
  • Correlation of intervention patterns and therapist support with posttreatment symptom reduction.

    • Main Results:

    • Therapists adjusted interventions based on patient distress and functioning levels.
    • Specific sequences observed: emotional elaboration followed by defense interpretation, and significance elaboration by transference interpretation.
    • Noninterpretive interventions led to factual rather than emotional disclosure.
    • Interpretive intervention sequences and therapist support predicted reduced symptoms post-treatment.
    • The PIRS demonstrated acceptable reliability and construct validity.

    Conclusions:

    • Therapist interventions are dynamically tailored to patient states.
    • Certain interpretive sequences and supportive interventions are linked to positive treatment outcomes.
    • The PIRS is a reliable and valid measure for assessing psychodynamic interventions.