Paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy for anxiety : a systematic adjudicated case study

Gentelet, B and Widdowson, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-7087 2016, 'Paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy for anxiety : a systematic adjudicated case study' , Transactional Analysis Journal, 46 (3) , pp. 182-195.

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Abstract

This article considers the use of the technique of paradoxical alliances in transactional analysis psychotherapy with a 37-year-old white French woman over two sets of sessions. The authors hypothesize that this technique, which has not yet been widely used in TA, can be effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders and offers a useful addition to existing transactional analysis methods. The first set of sessions with the client occurred before the paradoxical alliances approach had been developed, and although therapy had some benefits, it did not result in lasting change for the client. In the second set of sessions, the paradoxical alliances technique was applied and resulted in a deep, lasting improvement in the client’s anxiety attacks

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Transactional Analysis Journal
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0362-1537
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Non funded research
Depositing User:	Dr Mark Widdowson
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2016 09:24
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 17:07
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/39310

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