Bringing the Inside Out and the Outside in: The Therapeutic Relationship in Compassion Focused Therapy Chairwork
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Authors | Bell, T., Montague, J., Elander, J., Pugh, M. and Gilbert, P. |
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Abstract | 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 application of chairwork in CFT. There is also a general paucity of research on the role of the therapeutic relationship in chairwork across modalities. This paper analyses data from interviews with 21 clients following a CFT chairwork intervention to ascertain how relational factors influenced their experience of this method. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) found three main themes: 1) direction and coaching during enactment; 2) externalisation: bringing the inside out and outside in; 3) regulation and trust: the relational requirements to ‘let go’. The implications of these findings, both for the delivery and training of chairwork, are then discussed in the context of CFT. |
Keywords | Chairwork; Compassion focused therapy; Therapeutic relationship; Depression; Shame |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine |
Journal citation | 8 (3), pp. 1-21 |
Publisher | LIDSEN Publishing Inc |
ISSN | 2573-4393 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2303037 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.lidsen.com/journals/icm/icm-08-03-037 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Sep 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 12 Sep 2023 |
Deposited | 29 Sep 2023 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/q194y/bringing-the-inside-out-and-the-outside-in-the-therapeutic-relationship-in-compassion-focused-therapy-chairwork
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