Greta Kaluzeviciute-Moreton, Christopher E. M. Lloyd
{"title":"‘Meeting the Client Where They Are Rather Than Where I'm At’: A Qualitative Survey Exploring CBT and Psychodynamic Therapist Perceptions of Psychotherapy Integration","authors":"Greta Kaluzeviciute-Moreton, Christopher E. M. Lloyd","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12894","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12894","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This qualitative study explored therapists' attitudes towards psychotherapy integration. Twenty-nine psychoanalytic/psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists completed an open-ended survey that focused on their personal understanding of psychotherapy integration, examples from their own practice and reflections on improving integrative therapy. Participants were also encouraged to share attitudes and perceptions towards the other therapeutic paradigm (CBT towards psychoanalysis, and vice versa). Thematic analysis revealed three main themes: <i>(1) Positive perceptions and benefits of psychotherapy integration</i>, <i>(2) Negative perceptions and challenges of psychotherapy integration</i> and <i>(3) Proposals for strengthening integration in clinical practice</i>. While most participants had a strong allegiance to their modality, they recognised the need for flexibility and additional techniques from other paradigms to address individual client needs. However, participants raised concerns about the level of knowledge required for integrative work and the epistemological compatibility between CBT and psychoanalysis. Some responses reflected the ongoing ‘turf wars’ between the two paradigms, with some referring to ‘outdated’ psychoanalytic ideas and ‘dogmatic’ evidence-based hierarchies. Suggestions were made for further development of psychotherapy integration during the training and post-qualification. The study reflects a generally positive outlook towards integration while recognising the challenges as well as the continuing resistances between CBT and psychoanalytic paradigms.</p>","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"150-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjp.12894","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139963453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality: A Contemporary Introduction by Leezah Hertzmann and Juliet Newbigin. Published by Routledge, London and New York, 2023; 164 pp, £19.99 paperback.","authors":"Joanna Ryan","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12888","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12888","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"291-294"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139785756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unshrinking by Kate Manne. Published by Allen House, London, 2024; 320 pp, £20.00 paperback.","authors":"Michaela Chamberlain","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12892","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12892","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"288-291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139799284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Psychotherapist and the Professional Complaint: The Shadow Side of Therapy, edited by Adah Sachs and Valerie Sinason. Published by Karnac books, London, 2023; 238 pp, £29.99 (paperback) £23.99 (ebook).","authors":"Harriet Mossop","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12889","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"280-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139862534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming Infantile Trauma in Analytic Work with Children and Adults: The Clinical Writings of Alessandra Cavalli edited by Martha Stevens and Lucinda Hawkins. Published by Routledge, London, 2023; 186 pp, £25.59 paperback, £104.00 hardback.","authors":"Deirdre Dowling","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12891","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12891","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"285-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139800371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Marion Milner Method by Emilia Halton-Hernandez. Published by Routledge, London and New York, 2023; 183 pp, Price £22.49 paperback.","authors":"Emma Letley","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12890","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjp.12890","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"283-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139798486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Burak Mustafa Taş, Pelin Zeynep Bekin Sarıkaya, Ziya Şencan, Ela Cömert, Nuray Bayar Muluk
{"title":"Radiological Evaluation of the Effect of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux on the Thickness of Inferior Turbinate, Maxillary Sinus Mucosa and Nasal Septal Body.","authors":"Burak Mustafa Taş, Pelin Zeynep Bekin Sarıkaya, Ziya Şencan, Ela Cömert, Nuray Bayar Muluk","doi":"10.1007/s12070-023-04204-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12070-023-04204-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We investigated the relationship between Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR) and maxillary sinus mucosal thickness (MSMT), inferior turbinate mucosal thickness (ITMT), inferior turbinate width (ITW) and nasal septal body thickness (NSBT), which can be signs of chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study, which included 87 patients, was designed as two groups. While 42 of the patients were included in the Laryngopharyngeal Reflux group, 45 were included in the control group. Age and gender information of the patients were noted. MSMT, ITMT, ITW and NSBT values were measured in patients who had Paranasal Sinus Computed Tomography. MSMT, ITMT and ITW were measured as right and left. Both groups were evaluated in terms of these values.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Right ITMT, bilateral ITW and MSMT values were found to be significantly higher in the LPR group than in the control group (p < 0.05). MSMT values were higher in males (p < 0.05). The left-ITT and NSBT values were not significantly different between the LPR group and the control group, but both values were higher in the LPR group than in the control group (p > 0.05). In the LPR group, there were positive correlations between ITMT and ITW values of the right side; and left side separately (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It has been shown that Laryngopharyngeal Reflux increases maxillary sinus mucosal thickness, inferior turbinate thickness and width, and nasal septal body thickness, which can be signs of chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis. The negative effects of LPR on nasal and paranasal mucosa and structures were demonstrated in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"23 1","pages":"530-535"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10908712/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85417871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Working-Age Adults with Depression of Psychodynamic Couple Therapy: A Thematic analysis using a Phenomenological Approach","authors":"Ilaria Tercelli, Susan McPherson, Hugo Senra","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12879","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current study draws on interviews with service users about their experiences to inform the practice of psychodynamic couple therapy for depression. Five participants, who had received at least six months of psychodynamic couple therapy in London (UK) for the treatment of severe distress and depression, completed a semi-structured interview. They were recruited using a purposive sampling technique. Data was analysed using a phenomenological approach to thematic analysis. Six themes were identified in relation to participants' experiences of couple therapy. Key aspects highlighted by participants include: the therapist, described as a ‘third person’, became a referee and mediated the communication within the couple, providing a different perspective, enabling a safe environment for reciprocal listening; the process of making links with the past enabled participants to understand their current behaviour as individual and dysfunctional areas as a couple; the therapist's ability to understand the couple as individuals rather than as a unified entity was key; therapist neutrality and capacity to empathise with the couple was valued by participants. The study highlighted the intertwined dynamic between relationship difficulties and depression. Participants were not able to make a clear distinction between these two experiences, and this microcosm may reflect the difficulties that clients face in accessing public services, which have historically held a more individualistic perspective of distress.</p>","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 2","pages":"175-194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjp.12879","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140340466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issue Information - Cover and Editorial Board","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/bjp.12834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54130,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Psychotherapy","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjp.12834","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139468348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}