Psychotherapy researchers have developed a body of research on the construct of therapist
responsiveness. This literature seeks a clearer picture of how therapists adapt their …

Phenomenology often looks at psychosis as a defined pathological state. In this paper,
psychosis is not seen as a (pathological) state but as a way to respond in extreme stress. It is …

In this paper we focus on the Open Dialogue (OD) approach to acute psychosis with the aim
of better understanding and clarifying the principles underlying its efficacy. To do this, we do …

Objective: Increasing evidence supports the efficacy of body-oriented psychotherapy (BPT)
for schizophrenia. Yet, so far no research has investigated outcome in relation to therapy …

In this chapter we explore, from a critical discursive perspective, the ways in which the
clients' subjectivity is manifested, negotiated, and transformed within psychotherapeutic …

This research examined how nonagency—a client's sense of lost mastery in one's life—was
discursively constructed in the first psychotherapy session. The data consisted of the …

Background Research exploring the effects of yoga therapy (YT) on individuals with
schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is scarce. Therefore, the current study aimed to …

In this paper we focus on the psychiatric approach of Open Dialogue (OD) and seek to
explain why the intersubjective process of dialogue, one of OD's core clinical principles, is …

Collaborative‐dialogic approaches to family therapy advise therapists to take a position of
client‐as‐expert and promote an equality of multiple perspectives. This has led to debates …

Tom Andersen's reflecting team process, which allowed families to witness and respond to
the talk of professionals during therapy sessions, has been described as revolutionary in the …