Table 4 Segments with Relational Interventions (RI) from the patient–therapist dialogue in a session from late in therapy rated with Relational Work Scale
From: Relational interventions in psychotherapy: development of a therapy process rating scale
Individual speaking | Parts of dialogue | (RI): Category 1–5 |
|---|---|---|
Rated 0–4: | ||
(T): Timing | ||
(C): Content | ||
(V): Valence | ||
(R): Response | ||
Therapist | Your relationships with your colleagues seem to have changed. | RI:2 |
C: Other (3) | ||
V: Supportive (0), | ||
Challenging (2) | ||
Patient: | In my job, control and management is really important. However, I have a feeling that I exaggerate the control-part of my work. I don’t just control and organize the school; I control the teachers in detail too. I don’t like this side of myself. | C: Other (1) |
R: Associations/self reflections (3), | ||
Cooperative (3), | ||
Emotional (4) | ||
Therapist | Maybe you feel that you’re not any longer a colleague, but only a manager and boss. You might see similarities between yourself and the way your mother acted. She was controlling and interfered in others business. I wonder what impact the way you have experienced your mother has had on your self-image. | RI: 5 |
T: Connect natural (3) precise/striking (3) | ||
C: Other (2) | ||
Parents (2) | ||
V: Supportive (1), Challenging (4) | ||
Patient: | It gives me a feeling of not being good enough. After the cancer operation I doubt my value as a woman even though I know it’s irrational. However, when receiving positive response at work, I get a good feeling of being kind, clever and pretty. | C: Other (2), Symptoms (4) |
R: Associations/self reflections (1), | ||
Cooperative (1), Emotional (2) |