Year: 2003
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study describes stories of depression told in couple therapy sessions and the couples' ways of co-constructing these stories.Couple therapy sessions were videotaped, transcribed and analyzed using a narrative approach.The results show that the depressed individuals talked about depression both as an individual experience and as something that had many interactional dimensions.The depressed person's narrative was either supported, contradicted or enriched by the spouse's narrative.Paying attention to ways of co-constructing the narrative of depression can help therapists focus their work with couples.
Author: Eija‐Liisa Rautiainen
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W806573015