Objective Client experience of psychotherapy is an important resource for our understanding
of psychotherapy and deserves relevant attention in psychotherapy research. Emotion …

The aim of this book is to encourage and support individuals and groups to carry out
grassroots research into counselling, counselling psychology, career counselling …

Aim There is increasing interest in relational depth and its relevance and benefits for clients
receiving therapy in a number of different therapeutic orientations. This research set out to …

Background: Research in psychotherapy and counseling theory has shown the importance
of a strong therapeutic relationship. However, in the context of working with autistic adults …

Chairwork is a central component in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). Despite its
importance, there has been no prior research on the relational factors underpinning the …

Background Parents play a crucial role in the development, maintenance, and deterioration
of child difficulties. Emotion focused skills training (EFST) targets parents' capacity to provide …

Objective How people relate to themselves when facing distress or failure influences
general psychological well‐being and vulnerability to psychological disorders. The aim of …

Working with emotion is central to therapeutic approaches. However, there are few
appropriately tested creative tools designed for this purpose. There is also no evidence …

Limited capacity and high demand for mental health care drive efforts to improve the
efficiency of treatment and increasingly result in predetermined time limits for treatment …

Tässä pro gradu-tutkielmassa tutkittiin sitä, millä tavalla psykoterapeutit ja ryhmäläiset
vastasivat toisten ryhmäläisten tunteisiin, käyttäytymiseen ja ajatuksiin validoinnin keinoin …