Self-distancing: Theory, research, and current directions

E Kross, O Ayduk - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
When people experience negative events, they often try to understand their feelings to
improve the way they feel. Although engaging in this meaning-making process leads people …

Narrative research in psychotherapy: A critical review

E Avdi, E Georgaca - Psychology and psychotherapy: theory …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. This paper is a review of studies which utilise the notion of narrative to analyse
psychotherapy. Its purpose is to systematically present this diverse field of research, to …

Narrative inquiry in the psychotherapy professions

CK Riessman, J Speedy - Handbook of narrative inquiry …, 2007 - books.google.com
W e examine how the concept of narrative has entered several psychotherapy professions in
the United Kingdom and the United States over the past 15 years, with special emphasis on …

Stepping back to move forward: Expressive writing promotes self-distancing.

J Park, Ö Ayduk, E Kross - Emotion, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Prior research indicates that expressive writing enhances well-being by leading people to
construct meaningful narratives that explain distressing life experiences. But how does …

Narrative and discursive approaches to the analysis of subjectivity in psychotherapy

E Avdi, E Georgaca - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews research that utilises language‐based analyses (narrative analysis,
discourse analysis and conversation analysis) to examine aspects of subjectivity in the …

The embodied psychotherapist: An exploration of the therapists' somatic phenomena within the therapeutic encounter

R Shaw - Psychotherapy Research, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores psychotherapists' somatic experiences during the therapeutic encounter,
linking these to ideas from the phenomenological school of philosophy, in particular the …

Client experiences of helpful factors in a day treatment program: A qualitative approach

K Mörtl, J Von Wietersheim - Psychotherapy Research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of the present study is to provide more information about which specific aspects of
a day treatment program are experienced as most helpful by the patients. A semistructured …

Listening in narrative therapy: Double listening and empathic positioning

M Guilfoyle - South African Journal of Psychology, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article proposes an extension of narrative therapy's 'double-listening'strategy. Based on
the principle that people are multi-storied, double listening prompts the therapist to orient to …

Embodied narratives in becoming a counselling trainer: An autoethnographic study

B Meekums - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This autoethnographic study addresses the newly appointed counselling trainer's question
'How did I get here?'The procedure is described, and findings are presented as partial …

Externalizing metaphors: Anxiety and high‐functioning autism

E McGuinty, D Armstrong, J Nelson… - Journal of Child and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
TOPIC: The intent of this article is to explore the efficacy of both the literal and concrete
externalization aspects within narrative therapy, and the implementation of interactive …