Assessing Experience in Psychotherapy: Personal Construct Alternatives

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This work focuses on the importance of understanding the experience of the person as the primary task of psychology and psychotherapy. It uses phenomenologically based, qualitative research methodologies to understand the experience of four persons being seen in psychotherapy. It compares hypotheses generated from phenomenologically based assessment isntruments to detailed analyses of psychotherapy sessions so that therapists, students and clients can see the relationship between the holistic understanding of the experience of persons and avenues for therapeutic movement.

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A.. J. FAIDLEY is a Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Intern at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She has published and presented numerous papers on personal construct psychology and the importance of understanding the person-in-relationship. L.M. LEITNER is Professor of Psychology at Miami University, Ohio. He is co-editor of Personal Construct Psychology: Psychotherapy and Personality (1980) and Critical Issues in Personal Construct Psychotherapy (1993). He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology.