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I introduce you my therapist! A description of the person by his/her patients
Journal Title: TERAPIA FAMILIARE 
Author/s: Claudio Fratesi, Elisa Zamagni 
Year:  2020 Issue: 122 Language: Italian 
Pages:  24 Pg. 45-68 FullText PDF:  194 KB
DOI:  10.3280/TF2020-122004
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The therapeutic process comes to life only when it filters through the person of the therapist. This specific process takes a shape by way of the convictions, the states of mind, the history and the system of values of the therapist. What are the aspects inherent to the person of the therapist who are evaluated as most important in the course of psychotherapy? Can our patients help us better understand these aspects? To answer these questions, we conducted a research with the aim of investigate which aspects of the therapist’s person emerge in a more incisive way in a group of patients who have completed an individual, couple or family therapy training. To this aim, a questionnaire of 36 multi-choice items was constructed, which was self-submitted to a group of patients who had completed a psychotherapeutic training. The adjectives presented concerned aspects of the therapist’s person divided into 6 axes: temperament, communication, respect, competence, warmth, authenticity. Half of the items were adjectives with positive connotations (self-assured, welcoming), and the remaining half with negative connotations (rigid, authoritarian). Patients who found therapy useful outlined very specific aspects of the therapist’s person. These aspects seem to be more concerned with the axis of temperament, the one that has more to do with the person of the therapist. These traits could be the basis for the emotional involvement of the patient and therefore of the therapeutic relationship itself.
Keywords: Person, therapist, therapy training, relation, psycotherapy.

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Claudio Fratesi, Elisa Zamagni, I introduce you my therapist! A description of the person by his/her patients in "TERAPIA FAMILIARE" 122/2020, pp. 45-68, DOI:10.3280/TF2020-122004

   

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